General Petraeus released a document a few years ago outlining the areas of contention that needed attention if America was going to win 'hearts and minds' in Iraq. It seems with the continued problem of insurgency in Afghanistan and Iraq, there hasn't been much progress made on that front, and it is doubtful that there is advancement forthcoming with the right resource allocation. This seems to give credence to Mike Walzer's philosophy on Just War that explicitly states foreigners are not to trifle with other nations' territorial integrity or political sovereignty on the grounds that legitimacy cannot be forced by outsiders, but must be an internal struggle for self determination. With that in mind, does intervention seem like it could breach this right to self determination under certain circumstances?
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