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"Slartibartfast" <noone@nonesuch.orgasm> wrote in message
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> The USA is bound by treaty and tradition to defend not only Europe and
North
> America, but also the Balkans, the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, South
> Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan, Australia,
and
> Latin America.
>
> A few of us are simply asking, "why?"
>
> Its time for the USA to bring home its armed forces from all over the
globe,
> to abolish these entangling bilateral and multilateral treaties, to tell
the
> United Nations to take a 3rd World Hike, and to have a policy of "trade
with
> all, foreign entangling alliances with none."
>
> Being policemen of the world has resulted in us being hated by the world.
> The world is full of ingrates on their part, and we are filled with
> self-righteous moralists who send other people's sons and daughters to
fight
> and die on foreign land for ingrates.  Enough is enough.
>
> Isolationism?  No, trade and tourism and whatnot with all - but empire
with
> none.
>
> As for the weapons of mass destruction - well, if they use them, and if it
> harms us, then we can and should act.  Finding the criminals who destroyed
> the World Trade Center should be a priority.  Saving Turkey and rebuilding
> Iraq so they can both oppress the Kurds should not.
>
> Alan


Nice sentiments, Alan.  But you fail to address the consequences.

1.  The neutral-isolationist movement in America allowed Hitler time to
start rounding up the Jews in Europe and ship them off to the death
camps.

2.  Bringing our military home means that they will either be unemployed,
or pressed into service guarding the national borders, if not actively
suppressing critics of the administration.  You may wish to recall the
Army was used to crush the WWI veterans' groups when they assembled
to demand that Congress address their needs after the war.

3.  Military and defense spending is about the only thing really sustaining
our economy right now.  Cut it in half, and you wipe out a fair amount of
the cashflow necessary to maintain even our modest levels of commerce.

I wish it were otherwise.  I too fear an overly powerful government.
And, as you correctly point out, our military is controlled by ingrates
sending others to fight for the prosperity of a privileged few.  But if you
will recall the War of 1812, the best way to lose our remaining liberties
is to demand a minimalist, ill prepared military.  And that is just what
you are doing.

Try again when you have a better idea.

Cheers,
Larry G.