(March 20, 2012 at 2:42 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:He would advocate pulling out of countries where there is no clear and present danger to the US (Germany, Japan, Russian border nationsWe are not being shot at in those places. Plus, this fellow has no understanding of logistics.
You need bases in developed countries to sustain operations in the shitholes where the problems are. The whole thing is a house of cards.
So you simultaneously agree with Ron Paul's position of complete non-interventionism while also being against reducing military presence in allied nations where there is no clear and present threat to the liberties of your countrymen due to "logistics"? A complete non-interventionist approach wouldn't just put the "house of cards" on edge (and that is generously assuming that these peace-time deployments would have a significant negative impact at all), it would tear it down.
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