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Originally Posted by StickyGreen
Why doesn't anyone quote the original post and disagree with something or say why it's incorrect? It's like no one will even touch it.
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Because most people understand, even if they don't want to admit it, that for the most part it's correct... However, Ron Paul's policy of not running operations etc in other countries is naive... The US did not want to get involved in WW2. It built it's defenses etc but tried to stay out of it. The result? It emboldened the Japanese to strike. All the countries at the time didn't want to intervene with Germany, did pretty much nothing but talk, despite seeing what they were doing. The result? WW2. I'm overly simplifying but the lesson is simple. You can't sit back, isolate yourself and just hope nothing will happen. Yeah it's messy when you get involved in other countries but there is always someone out there that wants to fuck with you and you can't stick your head in the sand. If you're not going to be a world power, then that means you're willing to let some other country take on that mantle and are ready for the consequences of it. Which inevitably leads to war as history has proven time and again.