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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
well lets not get all "I took a week of sociology 101" here. I don't think he's actually supporting the interventionist movement in a general sense. This is election cycle politics at its core definition. To have an interventionist mentality you know that it has to be used sparingly at best lest one false threat lead us to where we are now, with a bigger threat looming and no military or public support to deal with it.
And can I ask why foreign policy weighs to heavy in your mind?
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I should probably ask why foreign policy DOESN'T weigh so heavily in your mind.
One of the core issues in the election is homeland security. Democrats are constantly labeled as weak when it comes to protecting the homeland, yet the same ideology that labels democrats weak on foreign policy, is putting us in situations where other countries actively wish to harm the United States. US support of the Israeli occupation of Palestine has consistently been stated as a grievence of the terrorists, the United States failing to condemn the Israeli government for holding Palestinian prisoners is another grievence, and, while the grievences are coming from terrorists, they are perfectly legitimate problems. If the United States adopted a foreign policy that didn't foster anti-Americanism across the globe, then homeland security would be a nonissue. The fact is that a majority of the other issues are shaped by foreign policy; trade, homeland security, the UN, etc etc. Having presidents who perpetuate this selfish foreign policy only puts citizens of this country in greater danger, and life is the most important thing to me, which is why I suppose foreign policy is the most important issue in this election for me.
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