Posted on 07/17/2016 8:31:58 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Look what's happening now without it
When I ran for president, I summed up my thinking on foreign policy with the term “peace through strength with clarity.” To help demonstrate what this meant, we created a map that clearly labeled certain nations. Britain was a friend. Russia was a rival. Various nations in the Middle East represented threats.
As you might expect, the political media mocked this as simple-minded, which I still believe is hilariously ironic coming from some of the most simple-minded people you will ever have the misfortune of meeting. But what’s happening now helps to demonstrate why I believed then, and still believe today, that clarity is so important to America’s approach to the world.
Herman is always on point
He’s an awwww shucks ducky kind of guy
"There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it, if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be know that we at all times ready for war.""To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - George Washington, 5th Ann. Message, 1793)
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