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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So depressing as we grind toward WW3.[/quote]

Not defending NATO starts WW3.
Not stopping bullies starts WW3.

Do you think it is acceptable for one country to invade another? For people in one country to just bomb an other? For terrorists to just run wild?[/quote]

Of course not.  Those countries should defend themselves vigorously. Best of luck to them.

My main concern is that the elected leaders of MY country keep my children and my neighbors children away from war zones and people who give a sh*t about their religious claim to land (Israel/Palestine) or their territorial borders from a thousand years or so ago (Russia/Ukraine). Not my circus, not my monkeys.

I have slightly more sympathy to defend Taiwan because we need semiconductors.  But only until we can get out act together to be able to manufacture our own.
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It's sad that this needs to be said over and over again. The voices here acting like U.S. foreign policy is altruistic are tiresome. Foreign aid is painted as unavoidable, that without it, the alternative would be catastrophic - but it's all a mirage conjured to keep the funds flowing.

In the most favorable light, our foreign policy is just a corrupt continuation of the Confessions of an Economic Hitman era. In the least favorable light, it's a continuation of the not-quite-dormant racism that has been an essential part of our national identity for the past 250 years.[/quote]

You have no idea how our lives in the US could change dramatically with a slight shift in global politics and power. But stay in your cocoon and ignore the signs. The money needed particularly for Ukraine is necessary to maintain the world order that has made the US the most powerful economy in the world. That comes with responsibilities.[/quote]

Just say "BOOGEYMAN!" - save your time with the rest.[/quote]

No need to say boogeyman when Putin will do. Is this what you want our freedom profile to look like?

Russia
NOT FREE
19 out of 100 countries 
https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2022

Overview
Power in Russia’s authoritarian political system is concentrated in the hands of President Vladimir Putin. With loyalist security forces, a subservient judiciary, a controlled media environment, and a legislature consisting of a ruling party and pliable opposition factions, the Kremlin is able to manipulate elections and suppress genuine dissent. Rampant corruption facilitates shifting links among state officials and organized crime groups.

Key Developments in 2021
* The arrest and detention of leading opposition figure Aleksey Navalny in January resulted in some of the largest protests in a decade. Authorities used excessive force against the demonstrators, and more than 11,500 people were detained.
* The September elections for the Duma, the lower house of parliament, were marked by extensive irregularities, according to election observers and independent media. The official results left the ruling United Russia party with a substantial supermajority.
* Authorities significantly expanded existing legal restrictions on “undesirable” and “extremist” organizations as well as “foreign agents,” contributing to an increase in censorship of the internet and social media and culminating in the forced closure of the respected human rights organization Memorial International.
* Russia continued to experience a severe outbreak of COVID-19, with more than 10 million confirmed cases and 300,000 deaths, according to official statistics; independent experts argued that those figures were artificially low. Low vaccination rates in the country were attributed in part to lack of trust in the government.
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