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danny_codestoday at 1:24 AM1 replyview on HN

We don’t (didn’t) do it because it’s our job, we do (did) it because it’s the right thing to do.

I’m surprised that preventing famine and malnutrition is controversial


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krapptoday at 1:30 AM

>We don’t (didn’t) do it because it’s our job, we do (did) it because it’s the right thing to do.

We didn't do it because it's the right thing to do, we did it for soft power, to spread our political and cultural influence and have leverage against those governments to serve our interests. Nations are not moral actors.