Thursday, May 15, 2008

Being the Worlds Policeman

Do you realize that the United States has somewhere between 700-1,000 military bases around the world? Located in over 150 countries?

Iraq, Germany, Japan, Turkey, Italy, Iceland, Spain, Korea, Hungary, South America and on and on and on.

When was the last time you were out and about and stumbled upon Frances Boy Scouts....I mean Army posting up on a piece of US soil? It doesn't happen.

You wonder why people call us imperialists. You wonder why people around the world hate us as they see us forcing our will upon the world.

What is the alternative? Nobody has the money, the ability and frankly the balls to do what we are forced to do.

What happens when there is no authority present? The dogs rule the junkyard. They say that "people" are inherently good in life. I disagree, I think people are naturally bad. Laws, faith, education etc. are what keeps people restrained & structured, and there isn't enough of that around the world.

Do we do it to preserve our best interests? Yes, absolutely. The US is our business, it's our family and we do whatever it takes to preserve what we have. If we are deemed the bad guys so be it. It could be a lot worse.

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