14 Aug 2022 10:04 am
FOS » 13 Aug 2022, 5:40 pm » wrote: ↑ I say return it to the taliban. But this is not because I think it is the ethical thing 4o do...it is because I see the taliban as fellow enemies of this gay Jewish empire. I have an agenda.
And this means I am actually engaged in political thinking. Your arbitrary utilitarian ethics which dismisses the value of national sovereignty and even the nation itself (which I consider to be unethical in fact)...is merely ethics. It is not politics.
the decisions of a functional state should be based on concrete realities and concrete solutions.
No leader of a functional state has ever approached such questions thinking "what is the nicest thing to do here?"...no.. people who think that way can never acquire power. The only correct question for a legitimate leader should be "which action benefits my nation the most"?
In this case obviously the loyalty of 4his state is to the Jewish nation. So I have no doubt that they will make the 'correct' choice choice give this money to Israel in some way (despite the fact Israel was behind 911)
Well, you do track off a little on your Jewish "enemy" viewpoint but I like your point about utilitarianism.
Afghanistan aid would probably help the most people in the classic Bentham sense. Yet, it would also go to arm the Taliban sense the "which benefits my nation most" also applies to the Taliban. They are also incompetent and corrupt even much beyond America. Nations also act in their own interest typically. It's one of the cardinal rules of realism in foreign policy.
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.