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Time to get out of Afghanistan... and Germany, Korea, Japan, Italy, Britain, Turkey, Bahrain...
President Obama, bring our troops (citizens) home. What need -- or
right -- does our nation have in having a military presence in over 100
countries around the globe? Iraq 140,000; Afghanistan 45,000; Germany 57,000; South Korea 27,000; Japan
32,000; Italy 10,000; Britain 9000; Bahrain 1500; and so on.
How would Americans feel if there were a military presence of over 100 nations from around the world in our country? Flying their planes over our homes?
America's infrastructure is crumbling, our debt climbing. Our education system is failing our youth in many critical areas such as math, science and engineering. A side effect of cancer or getting sick in America is bankruptcy. In other words we have plenty that needs to be done here rather than sending our citizens out on global patrol that isn't wanted, isn't needed and isn't appreciated.
So President Obama if you have four years or eight years, before you leave office, as commander-in-chief please bring ALL Americans troops back to American soil. We don't want foreign troops on our soil, and other nations across the globe don't want foreign troops on their lands. We can't afford to continue this policy and I believe in the ethics of reciprocity, the golden rule, and I believe this policy is contrary to that.
We, as a nation, have allowed this policy of a global military presence to continue year after year because we can, not because we it's right. It's now time to get it right, not just out of respect for other nations on earth, but for our own good. The enormous amount of taxpayer money saved would benefit Americans much more if spent right in the U.S.A.
-- cross posted to Steve Everett Blog .com
How would Americans feel if there were a military presence of over 100 nations from around the world in our country? Flying their planes over our homes?
America's infrastructure is crumbling, our debt climbing. Our education system is failing our youth in many critical areas such as math, science and engineering. A side effect of cancer or getting sick in America is bankruptcy. In other words we have plenty that needs to be done here rather than sending our citizens out on global patrol that isn't wanted, isn't needed and isn't appreciated.
So President Obama if you have four years or eight years, before you leave office, as commander-in-chief please bring ALL Americans troops back to American soil. We don't want foreign troops on our soil, and other nations across the globe don't want foreign troops on their lands. We can't afford to continue this policy and I believe in the ethics of reciprocity, the golden rule, and I believe this policy is contrary to that.
We, as a nation, have allowed this policy of a global military presence to continue year after year because we can, not because we it's right. It's now time to get it right, not just out of respect for other nations on earth, but for our own good. The enormous amount of taxpayer money saved would benefit Americans much more if spent right in the U.S.A.
-- cross posted to Steve Everett Blog .com
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Bravo! Good post!
What Eisenhower warned us of has become a reality. The self perpetuating Military Industrial Complex, not any geopolitical necessity, demands that we have an imperial military presense the world over. It demands that we fight unnecessary wars like Iraq and Afghanistan and even worse, that we continue them even when it has become obvious the wars can never be won in any normal sense of that word. The demans of the military industrial complex are insatiable and if the back of this beast is not broken very soon, it's unending need for more money, more exotic and useless weapons, more elaborate and unusable machinery, etc... is eating the heart and sould of our country from the inside out.
September 18, 2009 1:33 AM | Reply | Permalink