Should America be the global police, or isolationist?

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Should America be a Global police, or Isolationist?

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  1. Snow

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    Actually, nothing us mere humans do affects the Universe so I don't see your point.
     
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    And if that were to happen, make the consequences severe. I never said it was perfect. It's just dumb to have a "war" on it. Even if they were all legal, I'd never use them.

    But I can see massive holes in making them all legal.

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    Random crime outbreaks...Umm....And other things.


    And yet we think ourselves to be the most important things ever.

    I cant wait for some hyper advanced aliens to show us up...
     
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    OMG, when the aliens show up, it will go down. So randumb redneck will shoot first and then BAM no more earth.

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    Sparkypony Antisocial ponyality disorder

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    Happy ending.Our stupidity wont be able to contaminate the rest of the universe.

    "TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!"
     
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    Let's not forget the guns the government sold to Mexican drug lords for......something.
     
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    They thought that it would help track them down, good idea on paper, horrible idea in reality. Like so many other things the government tries.
     
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    Money money money.Thats all they care about.

    Im moving to europe.
     
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    LOL you think europe is different.

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    Also, where in Europe?
     
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    Anywhere but here. Probably Germany so i can live in a forest. Or Italy.

    Atleast they have functional brains.AND most of the people there are less than 18 inches thick.
     
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    And what makes you think that? Have you even been paying attention about what's going on in Europe right now? They're in worse shape than we are!
     
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    Depend on what part.
     
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    Sorry guys, we are getting off topic. And besides, all this arguement is going to end up being is this:
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    It is at this point in which I wish we could back out of ordeals with Iran and Isreal, but I suppose it's too late there and war with Iran is inevitable.

    The only thing America really has going good for itself at the moment, the only thing that isn't declining, is its military. And with that being as stretched thin as it is, America is pretty fragile in terms of infrastructure. We need to quit piddling around in countries we have no business in and redirect our funds elsewhere to start repairing the country already.
     
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    I'm not going to pretend I know a lot about America, it's economy or military situation, so I'm just going to make a comment on what I've noticed about its spending.

    If America took some the money from its military budget and put it into healthcare and education, in the long term, the country would be a lot better off.
     
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    America should keep away from some of those not-so-friendly countries. I find it ridiculous that some people think it necessary for us the US to have it's tendrils in everyone's business, yet they go into a hissy fit whenever an undercover agent is found and captured or when a spy drone crashes in another country.

    "Oh, how dare you hold our man hostage for spying on what you're doing! Give him back"

    "Give us back our drone that we had snooping and taking aerial shots all over your country. Sorry that you caught us, lol."

    Maybe it's just me, but I hate when the government acts that way....and when people agree with them. It may be useful, but it just rubs me the wrong way. >_>
     
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    We Practically own the united nations, that should explain alot.
     
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    I think America should keep its nose out of everybody Else's business unless absolutely necessary. America should not be spending billions of dollars and putting its soldiers lives at risk for issues that are not their problem.

    Then they could take some of that military funding and put it back into their economy, which by proxy would also serve to elevate other countries economies, and then we'd all be a lot better off.

    For 2012, the U.S. military budget was $1.030–$1.415 trillion. In 2010 it was about $680 billion. Which (as has been said) is more than the next 14 countrie's military budgets combined.

    With America being over $16 trillion in debt, it just seems like a gigantic waste of money that could be better spent elsewhere.
     
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    HAH! Tell that to the GOP, they try to pin as some 'socialist' or 'commie' or 'anti-american' or some other load of bull.

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    Um, I would like to tell you that your numbers are w-r-o-n-g wrong. Here's a site that gives you the true budgets and deficient: http://usdebtclock.org/
     

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