[Alberta's Child]

Lest you forget, the promotion of democracy abroad has been an abiding goal of US foreign policy for the past century. You might not agree with this policy, but that is the policy.

You sound like one of those CIA/State Dept. bureaucrats testifying before Adam Schitt's committee.

Since when does "an abiding goal of U.S. foreign policy" outweigh the interests of U.S. citizens here at home? I thought we elected Donald Trump because we got tired of that globalist sh!t.

[independentmind]

If defending a US embassy from attack is globalist shit, the count me in.

[Zhang Fei]

[You sound like one of those CIA/State Dept. bureaucrats testifying before Adam Schitt’s committee.

Since when does “an abiding goal of U.S. foreign policy” outweigh the interests of U.S. citizens here at home? I thought we elected Donald Trump because we got tired of that globalist sh!t.]

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They were merely carrying out the stated goals of their political masters, and ultimately the voters who put them in office. That you don’t like those goals doesn’t mean they don’t exist.