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To: JPJones

“...And after 50 years of Cold War and a trillion dollars, what do we have to show for it?
...Instead of candy we should be sending them a bill.”

Neatly summarizes the relentless refusal of Americans to acknowledge geostrategic realities. Condescension of the most disagreeable sort: we think we’re too good, too moral to dirty our hands with the problems of the rest of the world.

The USA was founded as a trading nation; the “city on a hill” stuff was ex post facto propagandizing, to help us feel good about ourselves.

No trading nation can cut itself off.


19 posted on 08/02/2018 2:27:48 PM PDT by schurmann
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To: schurmann

“The USA was founded as a trading nation; the “city on a hill” stuff was ex post facto propagandizing, to help us feel good about ourselves.”

Really? Wow, didn’t know that. Explains perfectly why we’re involved in a trillion dollar, 50 year cold war with “allies” that stab us in the back every chance available.

“No trading nation can cut itself off.”

A nation isn’t a trading nation if all it can do is print money, buy imports and fight (others) wars.

“we think we’re too good, too moral to dirty our hands with the problems of the rest of the world.”

No, completely wrong.

We think we’ve spent too much time, treasure and blood with “the problems of the rest of the world.”


21 posted on 08/02/2018 3:56:56 PM PDT by JPJones (More tariffs, less income tax.)
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