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Topic	If Trump pulled US forces out of Middle East, would that vindicate him to you?
VioletZer0 03/31/18 6:14:10 PM #12:	Zeus posted... VioletZer0 posted... It may be stupid, but it is the right thing to do. No, it's really not. The right thing -- both from a moral and pragmatic standpoint -- would be to ramp up our presence there (while encouraging our allies to do the same) and help them rebuild the region. Granted, pragmatic answer #2 would be installing dictators, giving them free reign to do whatever they want to put down the fighting (thus stopping the flood of refugees and occupying the terrorists), and just hope that they stay friendly to our interests thanks to economic manipulation and bribery. However, that will likely backfire eventually. MOAR IMPERIALISM no we do not need to ramp up our presence we need to withdraw from the world We need to stop being the United States empire. We need to withdraw all of our ships, all military presence, all military bases. <cite>VioletZer0 posted [p:898835276] in If Trump p... [t:76470563]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>VioletZer0 posted...</cite> <quote>It may be stupid, but it is the right thing to do.</quote> No, it's really not. The right thing -- both from a moral and pragmatic standpoint -- would be to ramp up our presence there (while encouraging our allies to do the same) and help them rebuild the region. Granted, pragmatic answer #2 would be installing dictators, giving them free reign to do whatever they want to put down the fighting (thus stopping the flood of refugees and occupying the terrorists), and just hope that they stay friendly to our interests thanks to economic manipulation and bribery. However, that will likely backfire eventually.</quote> MOAR IMPERIALISM no we do not need to ramp up our presence we need to withdraw from the world We need to stop being the United States empire. We need to withdraw all of our ships, all military presence, all military bases.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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