Nope. Because once we're there it is our business. Currently, the US has troops in nearly 130 countries around the world. They perform a variety of duties from combat operations to peacekeeping to training foreign militaries. Troops have been stationed in Japan, Germany and South Korea for 50 years. Ostensibly to serve as those nations defensive forces. These countries can defend themselves. We can do a lot of other things with the billions that we spend "protecting" these countries.

We never should have gone to Iraq. We should have pulled out of the UN as soon as we realized that the UN just wanted us to be their dog and was never really serious about preventing Iraq from having WMDs.

If all of these countries, including Iraq, wanted a nuke, we should've sold them the technology. If they want to use that nuke on her neighbors, including Israel, that's their decision and wouldn't/shouldn't have affected us in the least. If they attempt to use it on us, we would've lost a few million people and then wiped that country off the map. Then, we would've gone back to our own business - let the survivors clean up the mess that they allowed to happen.

Let Israel fight for herself, she's shown time and time again that she can.

When we give a country aid, we expect a return on our investment. We expect that the money will be used to good effect. This makes us interested. When the money doesn't work, or when we don't get the effect we wanted, we start meddling in their governments. Cut off the aid and you cut off our interest.

Nope, my wish stands. I'm more concerned about us. I'm selfish that way. When 3000 Americans have to die just because we think Saddam Hussein has to be contained, I say the sacrifice wasn't worth the goal. When 700+ (and counting) Americans have to die just to bring a little democracy to a bunch of people not willing to fight for it, I say we have to value American life at least as highly as that group of people values theirs. When billions of dollars are taken from American taxpayers to buy food for a group of people who repay us by dragging our dead soldiers through the streets, I say that our priorities are out of whack.

We never have to invade anyone. We can destroy any country with the push of a button from the safety of our own borders. If we're attacked, our retribution would be instant and an undeniable victory. We might lose a few million in the exchange, but the war would be over a day after it began. It's only when we're concerned about our interests in that country that we attempt to preserve some of it and thus preserve out interest. Remove the interest and you remove the need to preserve the country.

We need to stop caring about what the rest of the world does to itself and concern ourselves with what Americans are doing to Americans. Turn that Aggression Spending (as opposed to Defense Spending) into dollars to feed and house the poor, if you wish (I would prefer other uses). Take that foreign aid and make it domestic aid. Build America into an insurmountable, undeniable economic super-power. If you want to play with us economically, then be willing to play by our rules. Have free elections, a free society, free markets. If you don't, no problem, play with someone else. If so, we can have a long and profitable relationship, for both of us, for a long, long time.

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