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Culling American military bases overseas would also reduce the risk of American politicians capriciously choosing to use those military bases as the staging poi
by mcpackieh 3y ago
Culling American military bases overseas would also reduce the risk of American politicians capriciously choosing to use those military bases as the staging points for military adventurism; the "War on Terror" was greatly facilitated by those bases. As somebody who thinks that 'war' was a disaster for the interests of average Americans, I would not be sad to see the means for America to wage foreign wars greatly diminished. I simply don't trust the American political system to be a responsible steward of that much global military power.
- FredPret 3y agoYou may be right, but who else would do it? I feel like Russia would be invading the entire EU, and China would invade Taiwan if they thought they could get away with it.
- mcpackieh 3y agoCountries should be left to handle their own affairs; that's the responsibility that is inherent to sovereignty. The premise of a global hegemon who babysits the world and enforces the rules (dictated by themselves and their allies of course) is an anachronistic leftover from the age of imperialism. If the rest of the world wants America to play world police (and for the most part, I don't believe they do) let them pay the American public for this service.
- FredPret 3y agoVery reasonable, but the last time an American president suggested this, the world shouted him down as an idiot.
- MerManMaid 3y agoIn a world where we have 9 nuclear powers, I struggle to see how your system would keep them in check; nuclear fallout effects all of humanity and quite literally could make the planet inhabitable. I bring this up because any system that replaces the current world order needs to be able to keep these nuclear powers in check.