(12-31-2021, 08:10 AM)SeldomRite Wrote:

(12-31-2021, 01:17 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: You fail to realize that every country on this graphic, besides China and Russia, rely on the United States to not only keep international sea lanes open, but supplement their militaries in some form or another. Whether that be with direct support or alliances.

I don't fail to realize anything. Do you think spending your grandchildren's money on trying to be the world's police is a reasonable thing?

Yes, you fail to recognize the "world's police" is a simplistic argument. If the world were stable without geopolitical strife, it would be a valid argument. But it is not. It is a harsh and predatory place. 

Open sea lanes are critical for the support of free enterprise, and by extension democracy, around the world. At the end of WWII, the U.S. voluntarily shouldered the burden of maintaining open commerce and supporting democracy to benefit the world and prevent the same catastrophic war from which we had just emerged. It hasn't always been a pretty process, but the benefits worldwide far outweigh the negatives. 

Who is preventing Russia from invading Ukraine? Who stands as a bulwark between China and Taiwan? Who provided stability in Western Europe post WWII in order for it to rebuild and prosper? Who is ensures sea routes are open and free, for all countries, so that you may receive your Amazon orders in a timely manner? Who trains and allies their might with the militaries of Europe and Asia against aggressiveness from China and Russia? 

But an even more important question: Who pilloried Donald Trump when he pushed NATO countries, who are delinquent on their financial obligations in the tens of billions of dollars, to finally (here's that line so endearing to the left) pay their fair share? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the American left condemned Donald Trump because he had the hutzpah to demand payment for services rendered to our NATO allies. 

Yes, we are the world's police because without us it would resemble a major American city with an idiot defund the police democrat mayor. The world needs us on that wall. They want us on that wall. It not only benefits them, but it also benefits us.

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