One of the many reasons for avoiding foreign entanglements is their complexity. The complexity entangles. Choosing sides entangles. One specific instance in today’s news illustrates this. There are migrant workers in Libya who fled on a boat which overturned, killing perhaps as many as 300 passengers. Does this mean the U.S. should be in there bringing down Gaddafi? That means choosing Gaddafi’s opposition, but who are they and how do they behave? What makes them legitimate voices and actors for Libyans at large? A Cameroon passenger “…said he had been fleeing from harassment by opponents of the Gaddafi regime,” [my added emphasis]. … Continue reading Complexity of Foreign Entanglements