Should the United States be the policeman of the WORLD??!!

With the increase in problems throughout the globe there is NO way we can continue policing the world. The time to wean off this is NOW! We have a POTUS who is attempting to get others to step up to the plate when the issue is in their interest. I, for one, plan on doing my utmost to keep him in the WH.

Are you for real? He delights in seeing Drone attacks on people! This is not a pacifist Chief executive!

No, I am a figment of your imagination.

First rate stupid question.

Whoever suggested he was a pacifist? Oh, that would be you.

Your statement about the Usurper was one which lead me to believe that was your intention. Please re read your statement.

Now it is your turn...

Exactly how does, "We have a POTUS who is attempting to get others to step up to the plate when the issue is in their interest." translate into "pacifist" ? You gotta go here because it is one helluva stretch.

It doesn't translate as such except in your mind but I understand. See, I deal with people like you every day. I also am from AZ and listen to the right wing agenda pushed on me DAILY through our over-reaching Governor Jan Batsh!t and kooky legislators who think it is OK to knock a girlfriend around in public then claim "legislative immunity" to keep their ass out of the jail where the girlfriend is headed. OR ask the taxpayers to refund their recall election expenses. OR sell the Capitol Building and suggest the taxpayers buy it back at a $3 million dollar hike. OR flip the bird at Obama on everything including his energy plans when AZ is clearly making good on wind and solar which Romney wants to defund.

Need I continue?

Every wind or solar system out there is a scam. They lose money. The large wind and Solar farms are not economical Why should we pay for them? The only time solar or Wind is economical is when it is close to the consumer. IE attached to the house! This is why subsidies do not work! That is also why they need to be eliminated.

Unfortunately all legislators and congress people can commit any crime and be covered by privilege, Only when they become an ex member can any crime be adjudicated.

You'd best let ol' Jan know that. She's obviously not aware...
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Yeah, and I haven't had an electricity bill for over 20 years because solar doesn't work. HA!

You keep feeding your $ to Big Bro Energy. I'll keep my solar going and if the grid goes down, I'LL still have power!

I did not say solar did not work. I said large scale farms of solar does not work. That is what Romney is railing about!

...and Jan.

I agree. Obama is not a pacifist president. The only pacifist president in my lifetime was carter and people weren't too thrilled with him. If he had done a little more saber rattling with Iran he might have been reelected. As for drone attacks, many of the "no" answers to this question have argued that we should put america first. I see prefering drone attacks over soldier attacks as putting american lives first.
There are quite a few areas where I have issues with obama, but I will be voting for him, doing volunteer work for his election campaign and contributing to his campaign. Why? Because Mitt Romney or any of the other politicians who tried to get the republican nomination, being president is absolutely horrifying.

We have been doing this since harry Truman imbedded us into the affairs of the Koreans. And then JFK continued the policy when he determined that the Vietnamese could not resolve their problems without our "advice". And of course, Jimmy Carter decided it was "the right thing to do" to support the murderous tyrant in Iran.

It's a "democrat thing".

We spend nearly twice as much as the next 7 countries PUT TOGETHER! That includes China and Russia and Iran and Israel, etc.etc. Half of the world judt figures THEY don't have to spend much because WE'LL take care of them, and/or WE will buy the weapons they develop FROM THEM so THEY make a profit. Time THEY shared the cost more evenly!

It is not our national responsibility to make sure the entire world lives up to the "american dream" especially since we can't live up to it in our own borders.

It is more expensive than what it is costing in cash. It is costing us our morals and our safety. Not to mention our Liberty and level headedness.We are becoming another "lost generation."

It's not the job of a morally bankrupt country...

Bingo!

In my opinion the only valid use for U.S. military might is the defense of the Continental United States against foreign invasion, such as that occurring on our southern border. Lard-assed politicians have no business sending young men and women to die in exotic lands for dubious political and economic gain!

There are many countries whose economies are flourishing, but for whom the U.S. still provides a security umbrella. Let these countries foot the bill for their own defense and bring U.S. forces home. This would do much to diminish our ballooning budget deficits.

No. Bring ALL our people home and immediately END ALL foreign aid.

because it backfires on us all too often.

Only if the rest of the world participates by paying us for our protection of them - and only if the people of the nation being protected assists in that protection.

Even then, I don't believe we should be policing the world, losing soldiers for other nations' benefit just because. We are the only nation that COULD be the world's police force, but in actual fact, I think every nation should have to protect itself - same principle as of welfare - fighting FOR others makes them even weaker, and loses us fine, brave people.

lol sounds like a protection racket.

IF we fight other people's wars, it should be THEIR expense and sacrifice, NOT ours. Otherwise it is asking us to be the idiots I fear we have become.

Protecting other nations has nothing to do with it, furthering American interests is always behind these decisions anyway. If theres no oil or political advantage to be had no ones interested.

We have PLENTY of oil right here.

The most prosperous states with out a deficit are harvesting natural resources. BTW they are Republican controlled states.

The US still depends on foreign energy.

Not really 10 years ago that was true today it is not. However, the petrodollar is what is at stake for all these wars.

Well that is true, but I would not say the us is fully self sufficient just yet.

I would just allowing imports from Canada and Mexico we are self sufficient.

Hell no!!!

All you that think America should police the world and give foreign aid to other countries are living in denial of the trillions of debt. If every American were taxed 100% it's not enough for the interest!!!!

If you want to police the world, have war and continue foreign aid ...

YOU PAY FOR IT OUT OF YOUR OWN POCKET!

Glad to hear ya LF :-)

Thanks for all the posts!

WE CAN NOT AFFORD IT ..LOOK WHAT WE NOW HAVE IN THE COUNTRIES THAT WE SPENT MY TAX DOLLAR ON..

Perfect point.

every country rich or poor needs to take care of their own country using what ever methods are available to them.

I don't believe one world government is desirable for individuals who wish to live free, with sovereign, diverse Nations and States where the people may choose to live with whatever form of government and society they so choose, with their own religions, financial systems, private property, and so forth. As can be shown through historical example, bigger government is the opposite of liberty and freedom of the individuals living under it, as one group of people gain power over another and then by threat of death, destruction, robbery, etc they force their will on the minority because of an arrogant, superiority complex that labels their opposition "brutal, backwards, ignorant, uncivilized, savage, insane", and the list goes on. The United States acting as the world police is doing the exact thing I described above, removing sovereign states through financial coercion or military destruction in order to force the will of the communist "international community" on others. They excuse this behavior with labels and slogans that rally the arrogance and pride of the mob to support these "police actions" by instilling in their minds images of liberating the oppressed, spreading democracy, spreading "our" values, and so forth. It's unfortunate that the U.S. is barreling down that failed road to world domination so many empires attempted before.

We can not take care of the arwnj's first ! They nothing but home grown terrorist and need to be put down as mad dogs as they are !

Lets face it, their record of success so far has been pretty poor.

U GOT THAT RIGHT..