We act like it sometimes but we shouldn't.stroguy wrote:In the early 1800's when the Berber Muslims were pirating and killing and bushwhacking American citizens and belongings, an infant Navy and Marine Corps were sent to North Africa to squash this unlawful and murderous clan. It is our history to project our strength against tyranny like this. I know he likes to quip we are not the worlds policeman, well we are not.
The USMC was sent to the shores of Tripoli because they were attacking Americans. If they stuck to attacking each other, we would not have gotten involved. America should go back to that policy.
We should also have a similar policy about bailing out foreign countries. Until we pay off our own debt, it's wrong to go deeper into debt while bailing out other countries' debt. It's bad public policy and it borders on treason.