Using our military to "spread democracy" or any other "positive" goal is crazy, in my opinion. The military is good at two things: killing people and breaking things, and should be used only when necessary in our nation's defense.
More than three decades after we left Vietnam, and our impact is still felt:
"Not only are Vietnamese still maimed from treading on unexploded bombs, they are also victims of this insidious scourge that poisons water and food supplies, causing various cancers and crippling deformities. Eighty million litres of Agent Orange were sprayed on the jungles of Vietnam, destroying swathes of irreplaceable rainforest through massive defoliation and leaving a toxic trail of dioxin contamination in the soil for decades. The legacy of this chemical warfare can even be inflicted on the unborn, with Agent Orange birth deformities now being passed on to a third generation."
(Rest of the article is here.)
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