That's called "invasion"; and an act of war, which is what we did in Iraq, because the Saddam Hussein/Baath Party was a danger to the world, including the United States.
The Taiban was training suicidal bombers to come and bomb the United States, even after the events at 9/11. We said "ENOUGH"!
Top that off with the big big feeling of "Let's Go Kick Some Ass, We All Wanna Little Revenge" right after 9/11.
Americans have no need for foreign troops on our soil, we won't tolerate that, it violates every principal of our very core, our very foundation.
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:21 PM, plainolamerican <plainolamerican@gmail.com> wrote:
Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a
large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that
thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American
streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the
auspices of "keeping us safe" or "promoting democracy" or "protecting
their strategic interests."
Imagine that they operated outside of US law, and that the
Constitution did not apply to them. Imagine that every now and then
they made mistakes or acted on bad information and accidentally killed
or terrorized innocent Americans, including women and children, most
of the time with little to no repercussions or consequences. Imagine
that they set up checkpoints on our soil and routinely searched and
ransacked entire neighborhoods of homes. Imagine if Americans were
fearful of these foreign troops, and overwhelmingly thought America
would be better off without their presence.
Imagine if some Americans were so angry about them being in Texas that
they actually joined together to fight them off, in defense of our
soil and sovereignty, because leadership in government refused or were
unable to do so. Imagine that those Americans were labeled terrorists
or insurgents for their defensive actions, and routinely killed, or
captured and tortured by the foreign troops on our land. Imagine that
the occupiers' attitude was that if they just killed enough Americans,
the resistance would stop, but instead, for every American killed, ten
more would take up arms against them, resulting in perpetual
bloodshed. Imagine if most of the citizens of the foreign land also
wanted these troops to return home. Imagine if they elected a leader
who promised to bring them home and put an end to this horror.
Imagine if that leader changed his mind once he took office.
The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as
offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese troops would
be if they were stationed in Texas. We would not stand for it here,
but we have had a globe-straddling empire and a very intrusive foreign
policy for decades that incites a lot of hatred and resentment towards
us.
According to our own CIA, our meddling in the Middle East was the
prime motivation for the horrific attacks on 9/11. But instead of re-
evaluating our foreign policy, we have simply escalated it. We had a
right to go after those responsible for 9/11, to be sure, but why do
so many Americans feel as if we have a right to a military presence in
some 160 countries when we wouldn't stand for even one foreign base on
our soil, for any reason? These are not embassies, mind you, these are
military installations. The new administration is not materially
changing anything about this. Shuffling troops around and playing with
semantics does not accomplish the goals of the American people, who
simply want our men and women to come home. 50,000 troops left behind
in Iraq is not conducive to peace any more than 50,000 Russian
soldiers would be in the United States.
Shutting down military bases and ceasing to deal with other nations
with threats and violence is not isolationism. It is the opposite.
Opening ourselves up to friendship, honest trade and diplomacy is the
foreign policy of peace and prosperity. It is the only foreign policy
that will not bankrupt us in short order, as our current actions most
definitely will. I share the disappointment of the American people in
the foreign policy rhetoric coming from the administration. The sad
thing is, our foreign policy WILL change eventually, as Rome's did,
when all budgetary and monetary tricks to fund it are exhausted
On Jan 20, 7:47 am, Pradeep Sharma <pradeep.pradeepsha...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Clip on American Foreign Policy - Should All American Citizens See This
> Video ??!!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao461iG9UsA
>
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