Thread: Nigeria, two countries?

I find some moral arguments against interventionism lacking.

Sometimes these governments are illegitimate, both by ours and by theirs standard, kept in place only by oppression. Then I fail to see how it is wrong to interfere, it is not like they chose it anyway.

Second, if there were human rights abuses in my country (irregardless whether by legitimate government or not), I would support foreign occupation assuming it would help to solve the issue. So even based on golden law logic, interventionism could be justified for me.

Third, there is no objective reason why intervention among property borders, town borders, district, state or plenty of other borders is considered justified, but among national borders it magically is not. All of these are similarly just lines in the ground.


I myself tend to not support foreign interventions, but I surely dont act as if I have some higher moral ground. My stance is based on economic and PR reasons.

Originally Posted by litwin

P-stan - India solution .

I don't see how that is a solution. It forced a large scale of forced population exchange and migration between those 2 countries. Forcing people out of their homes, schools, and businesses is a crime, even if it is perpetrated by governments under international "agreements".

Originally Posted by Blasphemer

I find some moral arguments against interventionism lacking.

Sometimes these governments are illegitimate, both by ours and by theirs standard, kept in place only by oppression. Then I fail to see how it is wrong to interfere, it is not like they chose it anyway.

Second, if there were human rights abuses in my country (irregardless whether by legitimate government or not), I would support foreign occupation assuming it would help to solve the issue. So even based on golden law logic, interventionism could be justified for me.

Third, there is no objective reason why intervention among property borders, town borders, district, state or plenty of other borders is considered justified, but among national borders it magically is not. All of these are similarly just lines in the ground.


I myself tend to not support foreign interventions, but I surely dont act as if I have some higher moral ground. My stance is based on economic and PR reasons.

I must say, that following your logic, the most likely future will be that Nigeria will be broken up into at least 2 new countries. One of these 2 countries will inevitably have some population of the other within its borders, to be called a new minority. Then, money will be made by exciting conflicts at the expense of that new minority. This will be a very profitable financial exploitation of the "solution".