If we had more brains than a dog, we would get out own house in order before worrying about Russia and China. Our national debt has broken all world records. Our fiscal year interest will soon be the largest budget item.
Only idiots will spend BORROWED money on foreign wars and foreign military bases. Neocons are the most disgusting people in USA.
You know why China is flexing muscles all over the world? Because they focused on biggest wealth creator, Manufacturing. We had gigantic trade deficits with China for decades. But yet, neocons want to keep spending money we don’t have? How stupid is that?
“If we had more brains than a dog, we would get out own house in order before worrying about Russia and China. Our national debt has broken all world records. Our fiscal year interest will soon be the largest budget item.”
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I understand what you mean.
Indeed, it’s tempting to say “let’s diminish our own dept in America first and BEFORE worrying about Russia and China”. While that might seem a great idea on paper, in reality there is actually a nasty shortcoming about it.
Let me do a metaphor to explain:
Let’s say that to build the entire defensive wall against Mexico would cost about 20 billion dollars. People would argue that the timing is not right for such expenditures, because of the high dept and high inflation we are enduring.
The contra-argument to those complaining about the high price tag would be: “If we let all illegal aliens come in unhindered, the bill will be way higher than the cost building the wall!” (that is my view)
Based on the same logic... if we let Russia and China invade all our allies and business trading partners, we won’t be able to do business anymore and earn the money needed to diminish the dept!
There are sacrifices we can’t let happen.
Letting Russia take Ukraine (then Europe) and then let China take Taiwan, means the beginning of the end for Americas economy. In such scenario our dept in America will literally explode, dwarfing the one we have right now.
America’s economy works only as long as America’s allies and main business partners remain free. Free enough to buy American goods.