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Re: Some food for discussion 

By: Zimbler0 in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (2)
Sun, 12 Jan 20 3:16 AM | 28 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Pope 5 		Msg. 48841 of 62138
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Thank ya De.
You said that much better than I could.

I'm also thinking . . .
That after the invasion of Iraq then President Bush had a golden
opportunity to 'dictate terms' to iran and push the other terror
mongers on this planet into a much more peaceable set of attitudes.

Without having to actually kill anybody.

Instead, the traiterous, treasonous, bus-turd demoncrappers
erased that object lesson in hopes of slicking that most un-qualified
hack of a polotician named john 'horse-turd' kerry into the White
House.

Or is there something else I'm missing here?

Zim.




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Re: Some food for discussion
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Sat, 11 Jan 20 7:16 PM 		Msg. 48827 of 62138

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Re: "Could we simply mind our own business for awhile? We have enough problems of our own here..."You aren't going to find many people who are more Isolationist than I am. If I were king, I'd say, "Yes, of course we could and should mind our own business."

The trouble is, I'm not king and not many in this country value the things I do. After explaining the implications, I bet just 5 percent would want to go that route.

There are three key problems I see with minding our own business: (1) Just because we start minding our doesn't mean that our enemies will mind THEIRS. How long are we supposed to put up with being messed with?

(2) We can't have our cake and eat it too. Americans like to do business around the world. They like to travel and feel secure when they do so. IMO, we'd be better off if we stopped both practices, but I don't think many in the country would go along with it. As part of minding our own business, is the U.S. going to do nothing when foreign terrorists kidnap American families or try to nationalize American businesses abroad?

Lastly, (3), there's the huge void we'd create for Russia, China, ISIS, IRAN, etc., to fill as we moved out.

It's a shame we ever put ourselves in these positions in the first place. Backing away from now from the roles we've assumed could bring unacceptable risks, at least in the short term.

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