(February 19, 2015 at 9:22 am)Chad32 Wrote: I have heard on Secular Talk that we've actually overthrown democratic leader, and put in dictators. So the idea of spreading democracy to the world is bullshit. At least part of the time. America is out of hand, and it's not likely to get better until we cut military funding by at least half, pull everyone back, and just do national defense.
Exactly, and not just Mossadegh in Iran. Look up Allende in Chile or the 1954 coup in Guatemala. Never mind the support we give to the House of Saud even as they repress their own folks.
I'm all for cutting back military spending. We'd save an awful lot of money by leaving South Korea and Germany (not that they're dictatorships, obviously), without increasing any risk to our own country. A strong Navy and Air Force can do most of the job defending America's interests, given that the oceans must be crossed one way or the other.
