On 08/24/2012 05:31 PM, HeyBub wrote:
Tim Daneliuk wrote:


I was not just referring wars. I was referring to invasive foreign
policy wherein we stick our noses somewhere (Iran, Iraq, Israel,
Korea, etc.) and then later have to pay for our sins (hostages in
Iran, a war in Kuwait, and another war in Iraq).


Somebody has to be the world's policeman. For over a hundred years it was
the British. Now us.

If not us, then there are two choices:

* International anarchy, the likes of which is exemplified by Sudanese
pirates, or
* Some other country takes on the job.

If the latter, who would you prefer? China? Russia? Iran? Guatamala?




I would prefer for the Anglosphere to hang together insofar as we have
a lot of common culture and interest. If the rest of the world wants
us to police their neighborhoods, the least they could do is pay
us to do so.

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