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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Sounds good to me too. The US has something close to 500 permanent bases on foreign soil while we need almost 2 trillion dollars worth of maintenance just to bring our own highways and bridges up to standard. I'm a lot more interested in the infrastructure, fire, and police protection I need for my home and my business than I am in supporting perpetual war in that part of the world. I chose to take care of our own country first.
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One hates lambasting your naivete and ignorance. The American Empire is the GLOBAL ECONOMY. It's foundations are the USD, US and foreign Corporations including banking and finance and the US Military providing security.
The US military is the keeper of the peace, the Global Policeman on the beat that insures that all the natives get along and that tranquility ensues. Without the US military on the beat fragmentation and chaos would ensue as regional disputes would escalulate into shooting wars. Further by the US military being on the beat, the natives do not have to devote as much money to defense. Call it Global gun control if you will.