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:At the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] page we have an identical problem: Mr. James Earl Carter is directly responsible for the accession of Khomeini to power. Shortly after Khomeini took power, (1) Khomeini engaged in utterly reprehensible [[human rights]] violations that Pinochet's can hardly be compared to; (2) after US withdrawl from [[Iran]] under Mr. Carter the [[USSR]] invaded neighboring Afghanistan, which resulted in the [[genocide]] of between 1 million and 1.4 million Afghanis, 10% of the population. [http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat2.htm#Afghanistan][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democide] Now, based upon your reasoning, are we to hold Mr. Carter responsible for the genocide of 1 million plus Afghani's because of his wreckless irresponsibiltity? [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:26, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
:At the [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] page we have an identical problem: Mr. James Earl Carter is directly responsible for the accession of Khomeini to power. Shortly after Khomeini took power, (1) Khomeini engaged in utterly reprehensible [[human rights]] violations that Pinochet's can hardly be compared to; (2) after US withdrawl from [[Iran]] under Mr. Carter the [[USSR]] invaded neighboring Afghanistan, which resulted in the [[genocide]] of between 1 million and 1.4 million Afghanis, 10% of the population. [http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat2.htm#Afghanistan][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democide] Now, based upon your reasoning, are we to hold Mr. Carter responsible for the genocide of 1 million plus Afghani's because of his wreckless irresponsibiltity? [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:26, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
::The Liberal view would probably not want a single standard applied to these cases. The Conservative view most likely would insist on it, lest there be a [[Double standard]]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 14:29, 28 March 2007 (EDT)