An effective little video PlainOl, however it's misleading.
It is true that our soldiers are occupiers.
We have occupied Afghanistan, because its former government was taken over by a group of foreign invaders that allowed for the training of international military forces to to train in Afghanistan, and those forces eventually attacked our Nation.
We stopped those foreign invaders, (the Taliban) and we shut down the training grounds in Afghanistan.
If there had been a Paul Administration, it's questionable as to whether we would have seen fit to have stopped the training grounds, or whether the attacks on American soil would have ceased.
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:47 AM, plainolamerican <plainolamerican@gmail.com> wrote:
Americans have no need for foreign troops on our soil, we won't
tolerate
that, it
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too late
On Jan 20, 11:04 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> <plainolameri...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > 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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