Originally posted by bri32zz
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Unless another country does things to us, I say let's ignore them. We should put all that money into helping all of these children who are starving or abused. Being a father for the past 13 yrs I have a soft spot for kids. I do believe we should get Bin Laden and have a public stoning of course. Let the other countries handle their own problems and let us focus on the good ole USA.
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That's called 'Isolationism' and it doesn't work. It didn't work at all in keeping us out of World War 2 (we tried it, then) and it certainly won't work now, in 2003. The idea that we can act like a turtle, pull our heads in our shell and everyone will simply go away is touching but naive and not possible as we are the the world's only superpower. America has worldwide interests and the big pond doesn't protect us any more in this age of instant communication and missles that can travel 6,000 miles in a matter of minutes.
America does feed tens of thousands of children around the world thru both government and private charities. We just don't brag about it. Our new enemy, North korea, gets most of it's foodstuffs from the U.S. Ironic, isn't it? We feed them and they want to nuke us. So much for the liberal theory that if the U.S. just acts nice other mean countries won't bother us. Only in liberal fantasies. Our power is our strength and while America is the most generous nation on earth in real terms, we are also the most powerful and must exercise that power wisely but effectively at times. Now is one of those times.