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Posted on 8/1/14 at 2:59 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
Posted on 8/1/14 at 2:59 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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Really, the rest of the world needs to start sectioning itself off from relying on America spearheading everything.
This is a bit of a double edged sword. One of the main reasons the USA enjoys such a sweeping Casa Belli on whoever angers us is that we are the only policeman. We have trade freedoms we don't even realize we have thanks to the world's most powerful navy. No American ships are being harassed by other navies, American shipping and commerce is respected and protected, as well as the commerce of our allies. This doesn't happen to North Korea, or Iran, or Cuba, or any other nation we deem fit.
If the shoe is on the other foot, it is a really, really bad thing.
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Posted on 8/1/14 at 3:03 pm to cokebottleag
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This is a bit of a double edged sword. One of the main reasons the USA enjoys such a sweeping Casa Belli on whoever angers us is that we are the only policeman. We have trade freedoms we don't even realize we have thanks to the world's most powerful navy. No American ships are being harassed by other navies, American shipping and commerce is respected and protected, as well as the commerce of our allies. This doesn't happen to North Korea, or Iran, or Cuba, or any other nation we deem fit.
If the shoe is on the other foot, it is a really, really bad thing.
Having a huge, technological navy is one thing -- spending trillions of dollars to clean up other countries with no return is another. We rebuilt Iraq and Afghanistan, installed people we wanted, and they automatically reverted to the way they were when we started to pack up and ship out.
The fact is: Other countries need to stand up and quell the chaos, because when we do it nothing gets accomplished.
Yes to the Navy, no to country forming.
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