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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
The fact that there is such a term as "Un-American" and that it is well known, even outside of America, suggests to me that America has at least a nationalist leaning. This could, of course, be an understatement.
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And it could, of course, be an overstatement. One could refer to something as "un-Christian" without being a Bible-thumping theocrat. I've done it, and I'm not even a Christian much less an evangelical, extremist Christian.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
This would be the wrong way to go, considering the United States has been mucking up existing alliances already.
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I'd say it's more like "friendships", for lack of a better term, than alliances. And we probably wouldn't be screwing up so many of these "friendships" if we minded our own business more often.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
They've also been pushing the definitions of "intervention" and "self-defense" into political and philosophical grey areas for years.
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I agree that such a policy would have to be based on rational, objective definitions of terms like "intervention" and "self defense". But I think this can be done.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Would an example of your "non-interventionism" include a "go it alone" strategy into Iran?
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I'm not convinced that it's necessary to invade or otherwise attack Iran at this point. But if it became necessary from the standpoint of self defense, I'd "go it alone" if we had to. If our choices were to fight alone or do nothing while being attacked, it would be foolish to do nothing.