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SixerHoo

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We all understand your position. You’re an isolationist.


The problem with that is the United States doesn’t exist in a vacuum. What happens elsewhere affects us. If Russia is allowed to annex Ukraine by force with no resistance by proxy from the US then Xi may well be emboldened to go for Taiwan. That may get us into a shooting war with China. That would be a disaster. Furthermore, who’s to say whether Putin would also be emboldened to test NATO’s mettle with an incursion into the Baltic states to respond to some “threat” or “provocation” there. By treaty we are then in a shooting war with Russia.

So now I’ve addressed your argument. Isolationism and what would amount to appeasement as a policy is foolish in the extreme in today’s globalized world. (See Chamberlain, Neville.) Like most of your world view it’s based in selfishness. For the record, that is a fact, not an insult, and most definitely not a capitulation.
[Post edited by SixerHoo at 10/23/2023 02:22AM]

(In response to this post by Los Angeles Hoo)

Posted: 10/23/2023 at 02:19AM



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