removed personal attack aside, I rarely agree with you but I think you hit the nail on the head this time.Ok I can tell you right now this post is going to get deleted and I could give a shit.
But this is a fundamental discussion
we in america must have about the reasons we engage in ANY future conflict. I am sick to fucking death with Banana Wars.
I fully support a strong robust and fucking dangerous military. Period - full stop.
But we were allegedly trying to spread democracy in Afghanistan, Iraq, then we were going to liberate Libya, then we were going to right the injustices of Syria. And Let’s not forget Vietnam.
All of these are prime examples of “spreading democracy” and anything else you want to call it.
I’m not being hostile towards you regarding that. But these all turned out to be either poorly conceived policies or poorly executed ones.
I do however take extreme exception to your reasoning for being the world policeman or power broker “to spread globalization”
You measure the risk, the cost, and the blood of American servicemen as worth it to so we can have more economic security and comfort!
That is fucking obscene!
Globalization is in its self not a bad thing but to send Americans to die in desert shit holes so life can be economically better or comfortable at home. And don’t you dare exclude the motives of corporations and investment bankers. Or corrupt politicians who make millions on the side voting for this “wealth security”
The whole “world police” idea is ridiculous. I see no reason why the US should either have to or want to do it other than flexing for the world to see (then getting embarrassed when it doesn't work out).
America is still the only superpower (for now), and the world knows it. There’s no need to spend billions, if not trillions, of taxpayer dollars on endless wars at the other side of the world that do nothing to protect Americans. There’s far, far better things to spend money on - while still maintaining a strong military.