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Honestly I don't see a problem with it. We already waste too much money in the United States trying to be the world police, and there's no good reason for it a

Honestly I don't see a problem with it. We already waste too much money in the United States trying to be the world police, and there's no good reason for it any more. We have too many of our own problems to deal with to waste so much money on that crap.

crowdpleaser 8y ago
+1. We should make sure that our allies get access to our best technology and weapons platforms and obviously we can commit to defend them if they can commit to defending themselves (places like Germany need to step up to the plate) but America doesn't need to be the world's police man and can't afford to be the world's police man.
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boomboomsubban 8y ago
The entire "world police" concept is ridiculous and used to mask the true colonialist ambitions the US operates under. The reason this is a "problem" is that it might make China richer rather than the US. The notion that the US military has been a force of good for the world needs to be abandoned. It serves only to encourage the US to attack more countries, as killing millions more Asians would be viewed as the more moral option than allowing Chinese influence to spread.
- ethbro 8y ago
  Absolute power corrupts absolutely. America, every European colonial power, Britian, the Soviet Union, and Imperial Japan have each had their share of atrocities where they were unchallenged superpowers. There's a lot to be said for multipolarity. Additionally, I'd point out the US funds ~1/4 of the UN (China next at ~1/10). Which seems pretty generous to maintaining internal order in a broad way.
- thucydidesofusa 8y ago
  >The entire "world police" concept is ridiculous and used to mask the true colonialist ambitions the US operates under. Can you provide proof or is this just something you want to be true? If the United States has used the military to colonize, we should get a refund. The US military didn't deliver Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Also, if the US uses its military to colonize, why does the military do so many humanitarian missions? Sending food to starving people seems like a bad way to colonize, you'd expect the military to at least bomb people.

crowdpleaser 8y ago

+1. We should make sure that our allies get access to our best technology and weapons platforms and obviously we can commit to defend them if they can commit to defending themselves (places like Germany need to step up to the plate) but America doesn't need to be the world's police man and can't afford to be the world's police man.

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boomboomsubban 8y ago

The entire "world police" concept is ridiculous and used to mask the true colonialist ambitions the US operates under. The reason this is a "problem" is that it might make China richer rather than the US. The notion that the US military has been a force of good for the world needs to be abandoned. It serves only to encourage the US to attack more countries, as killing millions more Asians would be viewed as the more moral option than allowing Chinese influence to spread.

ethbro 8y ago
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. America, every European colonial power, Britian, the Soviet Union, and Imperial Japan have each had their share of atrocities where they were unchallenged superpowers. There's a lot to be said for multipolarity. Additionally, I'd point out the US funds ~1/4 of the UN (China next at ~1/10). Which seems pretty generous to maintaining internal order in a broad way.
thucydidesofusa 8y ago
>The entire "world police" concept is ridiculous and used to mask the true colonialist ambitions the US operates under. Can you provide proof or is this just something you want to be true? If the United States has used the military to colonize, we should get a refund. The US military didn't deliver Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Also, if the US uses its military to colonize, why does the military do so many humanitarian missions? Sending food to starving people seems like a bad way to colonize, you'd expect the military to at least bomb people.