tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post7719488635080247601..comments2023-04-30T10:29:40.119-04:00Comments on DaddyBear's Den: Bring them home, bring them home nowDaddyBearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07508543148426098384noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-39674406479310078662011-04-05T09:53:05.227-04:002011-04-05T09:53:05.227-04:00DaddyBear, what do you mean we have nothing to sho...DaddyBear, what do you mean we have nothing to show for it? We have $14+ trillion dollars worth of debt to show for all our good will. Doesn't that count for something? <br /><br />I've had similar thoughts to yours for sometime. I've always thought "enlightened isolationism" would be a far better foreign policy than the current "world's best sugar daddy/babysitter". Good luck getting that kind of change to take place though.Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-83275520014207495432011-04-05T09:25:29.212-04:002011-04-05T09:25:29.212-04:00I think my point is that we don't want to act ...I think my point is that we don't want to act like an empire like the Romans or the Ottomans, so why do we keep trying to have the influence of an empire? We've been trying to enforce the Pax Americana for six decades, and we have almost nothing to show for it.DaddyBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508543148426098384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-48025261339791926502011-04-05T00:23:11.053-04:002011-04-05T00:23:11.053-04:00Afghanistan is where empires go to die. Yay.Afghanistan is where empires go to die. Yay.bluesunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995973825892791271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657394535887928020.post-10565805094862651222011-04-04T21:19:04.011-04:002011-04-04T21:19:04.011-04:00Couldn't agree more.Couldn't agree more.Spikessibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586799040314152959noreply@blogger.com