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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
I question whether those of you who oppose all of our military operations also oppose the federal government giving financial aid to other nations?
If our policy is to stop helping as a nation state, that means you have to stop giving aid as well. This doesn't mean the citizens of the nation couldn't give privately, if they chose. It just means the federal government no longer uses public funds to give to other nations.
Would you agree?
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Well, the basic difference is that military operations conducted by the US are rarely, if ever, helping a nation. The vast majority of them is about protecting loosely defined American interests.
Of course, I am talking about military actions in comparison to real aid. Not the sort of aid given to Pakistan, Egypt and Israel that is more about going along with American Military operations than anything.