WH: Syria Crossed Red Line, Used Chemical Warfare

[The Dharma Bum]

[The Dharma Bum]

Face it, the world hates us because of what we do to them. And it's completely justified.

[eynon81]

[Mr.Bill]

Greed is Good. For a few people anyway.

[BlueSpade]

[The Comrade]

that's not really a moral hazard.

[BlueSpade]

Ok, I stand corrected in a sense. But, the US is not faced with a moral hazard, since there is no inherent risk to the US, if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons against his opposition in his civil war.

[The Comrade]

do you know what a moral hazard is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard

allowing the risk of using WMDs to be mitigated creates a moral hazard where-by others are more likely to use them in the future. very much is a moral hazard.

[BlueSpade]

You're the one wHo seems to be having difficulty equating a moral hazard into this situation.

Noun 1. moral hazard - (economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance); "insurance companies are exposed to a moral hazard if the insured party is not honest"
economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk - a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"


Once again, if this conflict is between A and B, where is the risk to C? There is no the risk faced to the US. Since there's no threat to the US, then there is no reason we should get dragged into this civil war.

[exploited]

Comrade thinks the US should police the world because it can. The moral hazard he is talking about applies to non-Americans only.