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Originally Posted by moosenose
Wrong. I do understand the rest of the world, I just don't think that the rest of the world should be involved in OUR domestic policy. Our government was not elected to make the rest of the world happy, it was elected to take care of US.
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Tell it to the Iraqis, mate. While you're at it, you may want to see what the Nicaraguans, Mexicans, Salvadorans, Iranians, Cubans, Chileans, and Phillipinos think about how well we have stayed out of their domestic policies.
And a fine job our government is doing taking care of us too. Global warming is a fine thing for now. So is gasoline nearly triple the price it was three years ago. Creating all those new terrorists has provided many an opportunity for a military career for promising young men and women. And, of course, paying quadruple the going global rates for prescription drugs and sugar makes me feel quite well cared for.
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Why don't we look at the predictions of Nostradamus and base our policy on that then?
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Because he was French. Duh!
Actually, the fact that peak oil continues to recede does not mean that we will not catch up at some point. I will grant easily that we have more than enough oil left to continue using it for a very long time, but it will get progressivly more expensive, and, let's face it, since we stay out of the domestic affairs of other sovreign nations, we'll never have any problems with it being under the land of people who would be very happy to see our economy in shambles.
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We have a right to have what you term "short-sighted views". We have a right to base our own governmental policies on what is best for US.
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You can't honestly say you don't see the glaring contradiction in that, can you? I mean, last I checked, the United States is still on the same planet as the rest of the world. I mean, other than in the White House.