(seen at Tim Gonyou's blog)

Another thing to think about. Almost all who know would agree that Idi Amin was an evil dictator who inflicted both civil and human rights violations upon his people the likes of which the world has only seen perpetrated by it's worst dictators. Yet only the poor and militarily limited nation of Tanzania responded in an effort to liberate Uganda from it's evil dictator and oppressor. They received no support from any other nation, financial or military. They were successful but it crippled a poor country even further.

Now a little over 20 years later some of the world's richest nations feel that they must liberate the Iraqi people from an evil dictator and oppressor. Not saying that that isn't valid. But why are some evil dictators more deserving of this special attention? Or perhaps better phrased, why do some oppressed and suffering people deserve liberating while others don't?