Lol. What I’m trying to say (and probably not very well)is that, just like in physics, every action has a reaction. So when we station troops in another country, or do whatever (heck, even eat pig), someone is going to have a problem with it. They will react in some way, big or small. I am not attempting to justify 9-11 in any way shape or form. But what I am asking is whether having troops stationed in Saudi Arabia is worth the reaction. That is what most Paul supporters are trying to ask, I believe (I will admit, some ask this poorly).
In essence, is having all these troops station overseas, in Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kosovo, and wherever, worth the reaction? Germans probably don’t care much, they might just dislike US airmen. Saudis, on the other had, might want to blow up American servicemen. Is their reaction correct? No, but the question we have to ask ourselves is whether or not having troops over there is worth it. Personally, I don’t think it is. We can project power quite nicely from the oceans and the air. Sunnis would much rather fight Shiites than Americans (we fight back better). We don’t need to needle them by stationing troops in their holy lands. How would we, as Americans react to a foreign army in Baltimore? Not well, I’m sure.
Why are their lands always "holy lands", and ours, like Baltimore, are not?
Cordially,