Fair enough. with that in mind what would have been your response to 9/11?
Either you or your Secretary of State TK can answer.
Either you or your Secretary of State TK can answer.
Technically, that isn't true. Every human being not enslaved has a choice between self-determination and self-enslavement. There are MANY uncharted areas of the world remaining. You can live "off the grid" and never be bothered with the immorality of governments for the rest of your life.
You have made a conscious choice to remain "in the system", in exchange for the benefits it provides. One of those benefits in particular is this very forum. The only reasons for you to be on here are to obtain information important to you (what others know or think) and as a means to express your consciousness to others. You, me, all of us have a need for validation as an entity. The number of humans on the planet who don't require it on the same level as water, food and shelter is incredibly small.
You have made the conscious decision to accept the corruption and greed of man as a price you pay for safety, comfort and validation. Never assume you are more than you really are, a creature with needs.
Do you think Middle Eastern oil is and always has been free? Was it just two feet under the sand, requiring only a garden hose and a hand-cranked suction pump to bring it directly to a corner gas station in the U.S? U.S. foreign policy throughout the entire Middle East is and always has been--since the mid 1940s at least--about OIL. And to get OUR oil out from under Their sand, the U.S. had to spend--and continues to spend--a huge amount of money in foreign aid, or development grants, or nation building, or whatever you want to call it, throughout the Middle East. Like it or not, we live in a hydrocarbon based economy, and the maintenence and upkeep of that economy requires that we pay much more than just what we pay at the pump. You can bury your head in the figurative sand, but the lifestyle we as Americans enjoy comes from our willingness to claim as our own the resources of others.Like I said, no nation-building, foreign aid, or other wealth transfer. Also, under no circumstances would we engage in regime change or otherwise try to tell people how to run things in their own country. Go after the bad guys and anyone who helps them without mercy -- leave everyone else alone as much as possible.
Technically, that isn't true. Every human being not enslaved has a choice between self-determination and self-enslavement. There are MANY uncharted areas of the world remaining. You can live "off the grid" and never be bothered with the immorality of governments for the rest of your life.
You have made a conscious choice to remain "in the system", in exchange for the benefits it provides. One of those benefits in particular is this very forum. The only reasons for you to be on here are to obtain information important to you (what others know or think) and as a means to express your consciousness to others. You, me, all of us have a need for validation as an entity. The number of humans on the planet who don't require it on the same level as water, food and shelter is incredibly small.
You have made the conscious decision to accept the corruption and greed of man as a price you pay for safety, comfort and validation. Never assume you are more than you really are, a creature with needs.
As for foreign policy, henschman has it right. Anyone decrying our "inaction" around the world will eventually trot out the tired old mantra than those who say we shouldn't intervene are "isolationists". True isolationism is forever a thing of the past on a national level. The country that has been described as best practicing this in history is China. But that's only if you accept that isolationism equals non-interventionism. They aren't. Even China has practiced trade (non-isolationism) for millennia. What they've also done is jealously guard their internal affairs and avoided intervening in the affairs of others. That is nearing an end though.
Our foreign policy is primarily driven by ego and greed. We NEED to be the World Police, because we foolishly think we're better than everyone else. Underneath that layer, foreign policy is actually at the beck and call of financial empires within our ranks. We've invaded more than one country in order to line the pockets of greedy men. Along the way, the rest of us usually benefit in some way or another, so it’s a win for our egos AND our pocketbooks.
But it’s a loss for our credibility and our moral/ethical currency. Question is, what’s that worth to us these days?
The first avenue would be to talk to TPTB wherever the aggressors are and ask for cooperation in taking care of them. Make it real clear that if TPTB help or harbor the bad guys, they will be treated as one of them. If they are willing, work with them to kill or capture the bad guys. If they want to be left out of it, go in and take care of business ourselves. If they help the bad guys, kill em all and let God sort em out. Like I said, no nation-building, foreign aid, or other wealth transfer. Also, under no circumstances would we engage in regime change or otherwise try to tell people how to run things in their own country. Go after the bad guys and anyone who helps them without mercy -- leave everyone else alone as much as possible. When ass has been sufficiently kicked, go home and let it be a lesson to anyone else who wants to initiate force against our people.
Also, I would strongly encourage the placement and collection of bounties on anyone who is determined to be responsible for the attacks.
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