Deez,
I am not with Trump (who is generally non-sensical on foreign policy. He wants to increase military spending and withdraw? It is not logical to do both.), I am more with Ron Paul. I am not interested in being the world police, especially with how much debt we have. That said, we have existing commitments in some places (Taiwan and South Korea) that we have to see through until a peaceful resolution is achieved.
My biggest issue is defending Europe with ground troops from the Russian "threat". We recently deployed a multitude of black hawk helicopters in Europe to defend it from the Russians. It seems like it would be much cheaper to do that from North Dakota.
I am for ceasing the expansion of NATO which antagonizes Russia. Russia does not want NATO on its borders. We did not want Russia on our borders during the Cuban Missile Crisis. If Russia wants to control non-NATO members within its sphere of influence, so be it. It is their money to waste on people which will ultimately overthrow them again anyway.
People think Putin is Hitler. He is not a great guy, but I do not think he is Hitler or even Saddam. He is a reaction to our bombing of Belgrade. Even if he was Hitler, Russia does not have it's act together. Even if they did, there is a huge nuclear deterrent standing in their way. Honestly, I welcome Russia spending their money and lives trying to stop terrorism in the middle east, even if it is for their own benefit. I am not interested in the affairs of the Ukraine as long as Russia stays out of current NATO countries.
At this point, the biggest European question should be what to do with Turkey. On that one, I have no idea how to proceed or what the solution is. A strong, democratic, friendly Turkey is the best scenario, but the Turks seems to be rejecting these things.
This was a rant covering a lot of topics, but on the overall, I am not interested in being the world police or dividing up the entire world into military sectors. Let someone else be the British Empire. History tells us the Roman and British Empires collapsed. Take some of that money and invest it in our space program instead.
I have a Cincinnatus mindset.
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