Iran Situation

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(01-08-2020, 09:14 AM)Nately120 Wrote: That's a hard sell since it's difficult to really prove that Trump's detached attitude towards other cultures, other people's lives, war in general, as well as his numerous threats and posturing aren't playing a role in making us a target of ire.  Plus, I'm a non-interventionist libertarian who soured completely when Obama's fan club cheered his reception of the Nobel Prize while he was drone striking and doubling-down on the patriot act and an endless war.

So I guess I would have to accept that the United States is indeed required to police the planet and that there is absolutely no way for our country specifically to avoid conflicts as well as our president playing the deadliest game of "big man behind a keyboard" foreign policy is actually diffusing conflict.  

So yea, that's a hard sell but I honestly may be completely nuts to think that we are complicit in this aggressive foreign policy our leaders take so much pride in.  I see that Trump is tweeting about making a statement via our military and missiles.  I can't help but feel like there are better ways for this whole situation to be handled, but I'm just a dreamer in many ways.

I'll take that as a long No