GOLDBERG71
Well-Known Member
Hello, not sure if we've crossed paths but I agree with you that people should be able to left alone.
Did you know the "Department of Defense" used to be more appropriately named the "Department of War" not too many years ago?
Strong defense would not include occupying most of the world. That is an offensive stance, not defensive. Would you agree that maybe the USA should "leave others alone" too?
That depends on what you mean by leave others alone. Unfortunately our national security these days takes us to countries who are either to poor or support those who seek to destroy us. If al qaeda never left Afghanistan we wouldn't have had to go there. My dream would be all free nations would join us. The problem is there are only so many countries that are actually free. And of those that are free they have all reduced their military capability down to near zero. We had to fly French fighters to their last battle. How much can you count on a country who can't even move their own freaking troops. Instead they know if they needed us we would protect them. But the reverse should also be true. That I can't say can you?