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American People Must Say No to Washington's Foolish Policy of Constant War
The Huffington Post ^ | 3/19/2015 | doug bandow

Posted on 03/19/2015 1:06:48 PM PDT by ruthles

American foreign policy is controlled by fools. What else can one conclude from the bipartisan demand that the U.S. intervene everywhere all the time, irrespective of consequences? No matter how disastrous the outcome, the War Lobby insists that the idea was sound.

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: defense; government
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I would love to hear some Freeper input on this article.
1 posted on 03/19/2015 1:06:48 PM PDT by ruthles
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To: ruthles

no..

The American People Must Say No to Foolish liberals who think if we stop fighting the bad guys will stop killing us!


2 posted on 03/19/2015 1:08:24 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: ruthles

American People Must Say No to Washington’s Foolish Policy of Constant War


FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.... first;

Americans must root out ALL RINOs.. and deal with them harshly..

AND THEN.. stop supporting democrats, any democrat no matter his/her rhetoric..


What are the odds of THAT happening?..
UNTIL that happens your question is foolish juvenile and uninformed..

I didn’t say stupid BUT implied it..


3 posted on 03/19/2015 1:14:49 PM PDT by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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To: ruthles
We are quite capable of causing plausibly deniable "accidents" to bad actors world wide, should we be inclined to do so. This administration regime is not so inclined.
4 posted on 03/19/2015 1:17:40 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: ruthles
What else can one conclude from the bipartisan demand that the U.S. intervene everywhere all the time, irrespective of consequences?

Hyperbole alert. It's actually a thousand million times worse than that.

It is, I will grant, a little remarkable how much 0bama has come to love his drones given that he was so critical of Bush for, well, for nearly everything. "I'm good at killing people," quoth he. Not really. Like most cowardly despots, he's good at ordering it done.

5 posted on 03/19/2015 1:17:41 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ruthles
The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous.
From 1984 by George Orwell.
6 posted on 03/19/2015 1:18:53 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: ruthles
A Freeper post derived from the first modern political scientist, Machiavelli, in his Discourses on Livy:

How the Romans Proceeded in Waging War.

Simple. Follow the maxims of the Roman Republic.

7 posted on 03/19/2015 1:24:47 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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It boggles the mind to read such childish “Narnia” type drivel. And yes, that’s just what it is.

Children want things peaceful. They don’t understand the complexities of the adult world. If only the fighting would stop. If only there were peace on earth.

Adults want the same thing. Witness the Miss America pageant. It has almost become a right of passage for the contestants to add, “...and world peace.” One could say simpleton, but it is human nature to want order, or peace. It’s only natural.

As children grow up, they learn that alliances and efforts to destabilize governments around the world, are geopolitical things we can not ignore. We cannot afford to see major players convert regions to their will, and against the will of ‘the West’.

The West wants please. It realizes that if other nations play nice, it’s better for everyone. The economic ties to China is a good example. We have two different ideologies, but as world players, we are willing to conduct peaceful relations. (to the extent of idiocy I might add, but that is a topic for another commentary)

On the other hand, China is not intent on peace. Sooner or later we will have to confront it. When we do, things will get ugly. If we don’t, things will get even uglier.

If we confront overseas, we don’t have to confront at our borders or in our interior. That is what we try to avoid by engaging overseas.

Sure it would be nice if we could dissolve our military, withdraw to our borders, and live in peace forever. If we tried just that, it wouldn’t be twenty years before we would be fighting a war on our own soil, fighting for our very existence.

So sure, we want world peace. We would love to say no to wars. And by fighting overseas, we are saying no to wars. We are saying now to the worst kind, the ones in downtown New York, downtown Houston, downtown San Diego, downtown Seattle, Downtown San Francisco... and on and on the examples could go...

Simplistic pie in the sky articles like this are downright dangerous. There are enough Leftists in this nation trying to peddle this agenda, so we will lower our guard. We have a president right now we are trying to survive, who buys into it lock stock and barrel.

As he reduces our military, he helps other enemies of the U. S. build their strength.

Cutting our military is not a realization of a peace dividend. It is an investment in a future war on our soil.


8 posted on 03/19/2015 1:25:50 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: hosepipe

I genuinely just wanted input because this is the basic argument of most of my liberal friends. The author’s premise, I reject. I simply wanted to hear everybody’s input.


9 posted on 03/19/2015 1:26:22 PM PDT by ruthles (NO)
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To: ruthles

Oh goody the left and the Ron Paul/Alex Jones right are all on the same page.


10 posted on 03/19/2015 1:26:28 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Yeah, libs need to convince the bad guys to say no to constant war (jihad),

then we can stop engaging in it from our side as well.


11 posted on 03/19/2015 1:26:32 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: DoughtyOne

well said


12 posted on 03/19/2015 1:27:37 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: DoughtyOne

Thank you for your time in responding. Freepers are the smartest and Funniest people I’ve ever met, albeit only virtually. I love your comments about ...if we confront it, it gets ugly, if we don’t it gets uglier.


13 posted on 03/19/2015 1:29:34 PM PDT by ruthles (NO)
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To: DoughtyOne

Corrects some unfortunate typing errors in the first posting...

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It boggles the mind to read such childish “Narnia” type drivel. And yes, that’s just what it is.

Children want things peaceful. They don’t understand the complexities of the adult world. If only the fighting would stop. If only there were peace on earth.

Adults want the same thing. Witness the Miss America pageant. It has almost become a right of passage for the contestants to add, “...and world peace.” One could say simpleton, but it is human nature to want order, or peace. It’s only natural.

As children grow up, they learn that alliances and efforts to destabilize governments around the world, are geopolitical things we can not ignore. We cannot afford to see major players convert regions to their will, and against the will of ‘the West’.

The West wants peace. It realizes that if other nations play nice, it’s better for everyone. The economic ties to China is a good example. We have two different ideologies, but as world players, we are willing to conduct peaceful relations. (to the extent of idiocy I might add, but that is a topic for another commentary)

On the other hand, China is not intent on peace. Sooner or later we will have to confront it. When we do, things will get ugly. If we don’t, things will get even uglier.

If we confront overseas, we don’t have to confront at our borders or in our interior. That is what we try to avoid by engaging overseas.

Sure it would be nice if we could dissolve our military, withdraw to our borders, and live in peace forever. If we tried just that, it wouldn’t be twenty years before we would be fighting a war on our own soil, fighting for our very existence.

So sure, we want world peace. We would love to say no to wars. And by fighting overseas, we are saying no to wars. We are saying no to the worst kind, the ones in downtown New York, downtown Houston, downtown San Diego, downtown Seattle, Downtown San Francisco... and on and on the examples could go...

Simplistic pie in the sky articles like this are downright dangerous. There are enough Leftists in this nation trying to peddle this agenda, so we will lower our guard. We have a president right now we are trying to survive, who buys into it lock stock and barrel.

As he reduces our military, he helps other enemies of the U. S. build their strength.

Cutting our military is not a realization of a peace dividend. It is an investment in a future war on our soil.


14 posted on 03/19/2015 1:32:40 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: Nifster

Thanks Nifster.


15 posted on 03/19/2015 1:33:17 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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Thank you Ruthles...


16 posted on 03/19/2015 1:33:35 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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17 posted on 03/19/2015 1:36:39 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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Don’t worry as soon as Obama finishes arming IRAN WITH NUKES, the days of constant war will end.


18 posted on 03/19/2015 1:39:16 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: ruthles

good idea..


19 posted on 03/19/2015 1:43:39 PM PDT by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
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To: ruthles

When your war machine is run by political correctness and social engineering busybodies, the Rules of Engagement are unworkable at best, and self defeating at worst.

Bring back the General Patton types and you’ll see a lot more peace around the world.


20 posted on 03/19/2015 2:28:33 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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