• capital
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    -111 month ago

    I’m getting a bit of whiplash here.

    The sentiment on Lemmy is usually that we should stop being the world police.

    Personally, I think that would make for a worse outcome and I guess we’re gonna find out.

    • @Goodmorningsunshine
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      141 month ago

      Maybe we shouldn’t be the world police AND we shouldn’t team up with the world’s biggest enemy against our supposed allies?

    • @[email protected]
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      141 month ago

      When people want America to stop playing world police, they mean stop invading other countries, not stop supporting allied countries that are being invaded

      • capital
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        -21 month ago

        I get the impression that people don’t like the fact our military is as big as it is. And “Why are you over here in $country?”

        If Trump actually executes what I believe most conservatives want and we pull back from being the world police, people will quickly realize the value. It just might be too late by that point.

        • @angrystego
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          31 month ago

          That depends on the country and local experience with the US, which differes a lot. When it comes to Europe, US presence in NATO is crucial for the region’s security since WW2.

          • capital
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            21 month ago

            Besides what is required of us due to NATO (really REALLY hope we don’t pull out of that) we dot a lot of other ancillary force projection.

            This could be unfounded fears but I worry the US won’t be the ones who directly feel the affects if it does happen.

        • @barryamelton
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          11 month ago

          If the US is not going to protect its allies, then it should stop blocking its allies from getting nuclear bombs via the non proliferation treaty, or stop getting annoyed that the increases of GDP for the military aren’t spent in US defends contractors but in local ones.

    • @njm1314
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      21 month ago

      Yeah they don’t want America to be the World Police, cuz police don’t protect people. Protecting our allies isn’t policing.

      • capital
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        -21 month ago

        The semantic games are boring and tiring.