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Things need to get much worse before they will get better
I was thinking about the isolation of the US in 1940/41. The majority of people did not want to help Europe with a euopean problem. Some of the US actually supported going in on the side of Germany. There were actualy Nazi demonstrations in Madison Square Gardens. It took attacks by Japan on the US and a declaration of war by Germany and Italy to actually get us in the game.
Maybe we do need to pull back. Pull back our troops from Iraq & the rest of the middle east and South Korea, Japan and where ever they are stationed in the world. Pull out of the UN and stop meddling in the affairs of the rest of the world and cut off all aid to other countries. Concentrate on our own issues: affordable sustainable energy and the problems with migrant undocumented workers.
I wonder how long before Iran has Nuclear weapons, North Korea actually attacks someone, China attacks Taiwan, something happens in Japan and the entire middle attacks Isreal?
For those outside the US, is this what you really want? Do you think the world will truely settle down if we just stop messing around with it?
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James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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