text: should national bounderies be protected by all civilized nations? is there any instance in which another nation should apply their morals, their values, and enter another country without their permission?  only with the u.n. sanction, like bosnia?  only after they have attacked us while we defended an ally, like iraq did while we defended kuwait?  when should borders be set for all time by mutual agreement of the majority of nations? think of the map-buying savings! you are being rather naive.  the us "defended" kuwait because of oil, not for altruism.  there are constant incursions by one country over another but as neither have anything the us wants, then they don't get involved.  ask yourself where the boundaries came from.  most of the countries in africa have artificial borders which had to do only with the colonial powers and not the natural tribal nor language divisions.