The Morality of the Overthrow

One theme I've noticed from the WikiLeaks memos is that the old U.S. mentality of believing it has the moral justification to not only manipulate events in other countries, but to overthrow foreign leaders is still prevalent.

In Zimbabwe, the belief was that if the MDC had had more talent and depth, the U.S. would have been more willing to precipitate regime change. The same criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi's party in Myanmar is made by U.S. diplomats. it is the reason why regime change wasn't pushed as hard as possible in Myanmar.

There are many dictators in the world. The U.S. supports some of them and does not support others. But what is clear is that the U.S. does not have the moral clout to determine who should be running a particular country. Throughout time, dictators have been overthrown by their own people. Only they have the moral backing to overthrow their leaders.