You know I have to wonder. It seams like no matter what we do,USA, we either didn't do enough, did it wrong, too late, for the wrong reasons, bla,bla,bla,
Can anyone even amagin what would have happened if the USA had indeed kept out of the rest of the worlds business the last 75 years or so. And what about the next 75? Go ahead keep telling Americans how bad wrong we are. With the almost real time reporting of events nowdays we are hearing you loud and clear. Given what happened after WW1 when the US stayed out of world events for a decade or so, what do you think will happen if we just stay home and let the rest of the world just stew for the next decade or so.
Partial list;
North Korea, continues to build nukes and JAPAN decides that they must also because we have pulled the 7th fleet out of the western pacific and WILL no longer defend them. By the way japan can and would be able to turn them out like toyotas and put them on their orbital rockets overnight. What would be the Chinese reaction? The south koreans? Can you say premption?
Balkins; We bring the 30,000 troups we have there home tomorrow. The killing starts again the day after tommorrow, and the EU does what it did last time.
Africa; We stop all funding of AIDS programs and never send American armed forces there again. Again the EU is closer, you fix it.
Russia; Do you REALLY think that is over? Go ahead, give them 10 or 20 years with NO American influence in europe. Today Russias military spending is TEN TIMES what it was 5 years ago. By the way. What has rate of spending on defence in the EU done over the same period? Ducks in a pond. You're ducks in a pond without us and you know it even if you won't admit it. Or... you can count on the french. Maybe the third times the charm.
And now the middle east; do I really need to tell you what will happen if we pack up and go home? All them saudi family members would be living in the south of france in 6 months along with the other western leaning rulers. Iran would no longer have ANY reason not to crackdown at home and complete their nuke program with N Korean technology, invade or simply anex Saudi and the other gulf oil states then tell the EU pay up or else. Russia might just decide now rather than later would be a better time to deal with the muslims and were on the road to a nuke exchange.
I haven't mentioned the reaction of world financial markets to any ONE of these not to mention several one after the other. Can you say world wide depression.
Ya, the USA hasn't done enough, done it wrong, not soon enough, or for the wrong reason. Ya right
Im sure we will keep doing what we can, we always have, we could use a little pat on the back from time to time from the rest of the world instead of a knife.
The british and the Aussies are of course exceptions to the above along with the other members of the willing.
God bless America.