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I'm a big fan of a major reduction in foregin affairs. I believe that in sticking our nose in other peoples' business, we've not only gained more enemies than is healthy, we've neglected our own interests. While some of our actions were thinly veiled attempts to protect our own interests economically, we're still not fixing anything.
Our global influence has gone to our head, making us think we can and should do anything we want or need in order "make the world better." Our current slant on everything is that we are doing what we have to do because we're the only ones who will get it done and it HAS to be done. If it doesn't get done the whole world will go to shit.
The flipside means we focus on education, conservation of resources, economic development, investing in technology, and just generally making life better at home. I'm all for this self-indulgent change of pace. Unfortunately, we have too many people thinking we're doomed if we don't go over to country XYZ and start whooping ass. There's too much Us vs Them going on in the media to even relax.
Anyways, that's my take.
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