Why should we be involved in the internal affairs of other countries?
We shouldn’t. But that doesn’t change the fact that military juntas historically have been mostly failures to the great detriment to the citizens of those countries. I agree that we should respect the sovereignty and independence of other countries but that shouldn’t mean we become blind to the failures of different political systems. I think in Canada it’s great that we’ve placed limits on the political power of our military. I think it’s great that our top military general has limited political power. Other countries have the right to think differently and make different choices but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to differentiate between political systems that relatively work and political systems that don’t work as well.