@Pazza They trust God, or trust the person who is telling them to believe in God? I guess in the end the individual decides for themselves, well maybe not, it is a form of brainswashing in some ways. I remember once watching a movie where a flight was hi-jacked and one of the men hid he was Jewish somehow, I don’t remember what it was, maybe he took of a religious symbol or something. Anyway, later he is shown ashamed and saddened ans stressed about hiding or denying his religion. Like it was sin against God. A person comforts him by telling him God would want you to live.
I have said for a while that of the religions of Abraham, Muslims seem obsessed with life after death, Jews never discuss it and dwell on life on earth, and Christians seem somewhere in the middle.
You say the people are sovereign on their own land. But, what if they are killing women for just looking at another man? Not allowing them to be educated? Should we do something for those women? Is it any different then slavery? I actually am not sure of my answer, but I suffer thinking about how some of these women are treated. When it comes to Iraq, Saddam had gassed a bunch of his citizens, but that was long ago, and he and his sons still did some horrible thing, but for the most part he ran the country in a secular way and women could wear western clothes and get an education. He also would have been on our side against Iran. That war is very questionable for sure. Afghanastan is more worrysome to me in terms of womens civil liberties and health. But, as I said, not sure if it is a reason to go into a country or not. Being Jewish I am glad other countries came into WWII, but mostly I think they went in because Germany was trying to take over Europe, not to save the Jews and others being killed and enslaved.