Every troop home, navy to guard US floating assets only and if an American gets (*)(*

If we were to close all foreign military bases, many folks in the military would be getting laid of...

 

Not necessarialy. Close our bases overseas, sell the property. Bring the troops home and billet them here. It's still cheaper than having them overseas. There is plenty for them to do here. The Mexican border comes to mind. Or is this all too simple?

 

Quasi-Isolationism from the Eastern Hemisphere was US foreign policy from 1789 until 1898.

America developed an overseas empire starting in 1894 with the acquistion of Hawaii. Then came the Spanish/American War of 1898 and conquest of several overseas territories.

In 1920 this expansionary period outside of the Western Hemisphere came to an end with rejection of the League of Nations Treaty. Quasi-Isolationism returned with respect to the Eastern Hemisphere.

That ended in December of 1941 with the attack on Pearl Harbor. From 1941 until 2001 America had a foreign policy consensus between the Realist and Liberal Internationalist schools of thought.

2001 must be seen as the end of the consensus. That's when the Neo-Con school of thought took control. It only became clear that consensus had ended after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. By 2008 Neoconservtivism had been discredited.

Now the forces of Realism and Liberal Internationalism are in retreat. And the Quasi-Isolationist school of thought is reasserting itself in the minds of foreign policy intellectuals.

 

And if we see a ship flying under another countries flag we watch it get taken. Simple enough. We have no need to engage. Sooner or later those other nations will either go in debt themselves and face fiscal cliffs of their own or they will pay us to take care of it.

The navy is well enough equipped to defend our assets abroad.

 

America is sitting on an ocean of energy. It doesn't need to be involved in the Middle East or North Africa.

 

Our shipping and interests and nothing would change.

 

Ever heard of Congress passing laws? It's not difficult to authorize our military to deploy on our own territory. Watch Obama make that so (not border deployment, home soil deployment).

 

Nightmare if there is any truth to this:
[video=youtube;kzT6X3_Bg9o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kzT6X3_Bg9o[/video]

We may see that very thing!

 

I never said withdraw out navy. What I meant by "Our shipping and interests and nothing would change." is that nothing would change as it relates to protecting our assets.

 

I am proposing bring home troops, and closing bases not on US soil unless paid to be there. We should at least break even for this crap.

 

At what cost? What got me on this was McCain talking about us doing something about Syria or we could look bad. Screw him and Syria. There are plenty of other nations in the world.

WE CAN NOT AFFORD THIS (*)(*)(*)(*)! We have the capacity to strike anywhere. Forget ground troops. Carpet bomb the entire region. Level it!

 

I disagree, we can actually get anywhere in the world in a rapid response. No, the troops dont mind being there and I love our troops but we cant afford to have them over there anymore and it's not necessary. Everyone was afraid of the US when they thought we would use our nukes, well, let them fear us again. You (*)(*)(*)(*) with the bull, you get the horn. I dont care if a bunch of Arabs, or Africans fight each other but dont mess with the USA or you'll get a boot up your ass. There is no reason we cant be self sufficient. We still have all the resources we need without begging other nations for them. We need a big national readjustment in attitude. No more tax and spend. No more living beyond your means. Cut back on our economy. Quit getting a new electronic devise every month. Quit envying the rich and live modestly. It's not gonna happen but, what the hell, we had a good 200 year run.

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Our morality? Perhaps mine and yours but not some of the politicians or some of the geeks thinking that killing children with drones is not the same as with a rifle. I personally don't have an issue with necessary collateral damage but some of this is just stupid.

 

Then leave it alone. This crap is not helping us one bit.

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Then leave it alone. This crap is not helping us one bit.

 

Our government is our worst enemy. Strength is not making war; it is preparing for war, while securing peace.