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[–] Dead_or_Alive 12 points 10 months ago (18 children)

Our Allies should rightly be concerned. The US has become more and more isolationist. The last major free trade treaty was under the TPP under Obama and both Hillary and Trump stated they would not support its passing.

The US is now energy independent and a net exporter. The US is also in the middle of the largest industrial build out in history which will bring much of our industrial plant back to North America.

In ten or fifteen years there will be no need for the US to get involved and keep sea lanes open like we are in the Red Sea. We can maintain a presence in the few areas that we deem critical.

My two sons will be of military age soon I would not support active involvement in any war that would risk their lives for Europe, Middle Eastern or other far flung countries when there is no real threat to mainland US. Supply military and financial aid, sure, but no boots on the ground. We don’t need to fight other peoples wars for them.

[–] givesomefucks 15 points 10 months ago (7 children)

My two sons will be of military age soon I would not support active involvement in any war that would risk their lives for Europe, Middle Eastern or other far flung countries when there is no real threat to mainland US.

What the fuck....

Like, I get it. I'm from a red state, my public education is not the best.

But where did you grow up that they didn't even cover WW2 in school?

We ignore countries invading other countries, and we lose our allies while countries like Russia grow stronger.

They'll never stop. Even if Russia "restored the USSR" they're not going to just sit back and relax once that happens.

"Sparing" your two sons from a war that's not going to even have a draft is dooming your grandchildren to living thru ww3 where there will be a draft again and even civilian survivors will (if incredibly lucky and wealthy)live through nuclear Armageddon.

Proxy wars are the only way we've avoided more nuclear bombs, and if one side stops fighting the other is just going to speed up.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

But where did you grow up that they didn't even cover WW2 in school?

Buddy, the US was supplying the Nazis (well bothd sides) as a "neutral country" up until Pearl Arbor. A whole two years after the start of the war.

[–] TheDarkKnight 2 points 10 months ago

Sweet jesus, talk about reading a headline and not the whole srticle. Go back and see what they were supplying and in what quantities to each side.

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