. But with acts of terror, I have no problem with categorical denouncement. Just b/c people are misled into believing they are doing right by doing wrong does not give their perspective any moral foundation at all. The west is fully justified to seek them out and bring them to justice. Period.
If you don't do what the USA says, you're labelled a terrorist state, regardless if you've committed terrorism against them. And even when acts of terror have occurred against the USA, they've used it to further
other political agendas. The 9/11 attacks show this with the invasion of Iraq..a country that had ZERO to do with 9/11. Yet the vast majority of the terrorists of that attack came from one of their "allies", Saudi Arabia....a KNOWN breeding ground of radical Islam. But hey...let's turn a blind eye because they sell the USA cheap oil...
And this is the country we're supposed to trust in telling us who needs invading and who doesn't? The USA has lied far too many times with regards to "rogue" countries. As far back as Vietnam there have been false flag operations (lies) used to facilitate US agendas.
The USA continues to do business with shady countries...as bad or worse than those they currently demonize. But as long as those countries "play ball", the USA turns a blind eye. Don't do what the USA says and you are the bad guy. To be certain, some of the countries are bad...but are no worse than many of the USA's allies. And as others pointed out, the US style of democracy doesn't work in some of the countries.
The USA has invaded, occupied and killed more innocent civilians since WWII than any other country...by a large margin. I worry more about the stupid $hit the USA will do than what these supposed "rogue" countries will do.
There are some on this board who served in the military and have seen the high cost of war on the innocent...whether during a conflict or peace keeping duty or simple deployment after the fact. There is no question if more people saw this, there would be less of a rush to war.