We are the best country to have graced this planet with a top notch military but that does not make us the global police.
Most of the societies on this planet are a waste of time. As SB and I discussed up-thread they are tribal and as such will never be able to form a civilized society along the lines of the US. Going to war with them is futile because their members have no concept of different opinions different beliefs living together in peace.
You are born into a tribe or regional group like the pashtuns and your allegiance is forever with that “group” not the government (unless your tribe or group is the one in power) and not a foreign country like the US.
I agree with you about the future generations in our country. The vast majority of them are perpetual children. Never growing up never accepting responsibility for their actions and never understanding how blessed they are to have been born in the United States and not Ghana or Liberia or Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan or even Europe.
There is a war ongoing a cyber war fighting our enemies both foreign and domestic. The more advanced society becomes the more fragile its systems become making cyber war the war of first offense in the future.
I don’t disagree with anything you said.. except my opinion is, because of our power and our morals that puts us in the unique position of being the tiger. But I don’t think we should involve ourselves with every skirmish that doesn’t affect us. But usually, skirmishes ending up affecting us one way or the other.
I believe the ME does affect us, because of Israel.
We don’t do well when we isolate ourselves. Like I said, and I’m sure it’s a quote from someone.. with great power comes great responsibility.
(ODG, I’m quoting Spiderman lol). But I’m referring to Luke 12:48) and the other politicians who referenced this verse, sort of.. McKinley, Churchill.
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”
No, we may never change the minds of the tribal mentality and that’s what I was trying to say when I was describing El Cajon. There is now a growing tribal mentality there, it’s inbred in them. I get that.
I don’t think we should be throwing money at countries either, but when we throw our weight around, it seems the world is a quieter place.
A major part of the problem is the gov’t, usually dems, muzzle our military. Can’t do this, can’t do that, Johnson was an absolute nightmare and now we have a couple or three generations that think Communism is cool because they weren’t taught history in school. In the meantime the world is on fire. We can’t sit by.