Posted by
Tim Blessing on Sunday, March 16, 2008 6:27:03 PM
A Constitutional Foreign Policy is the order of the day.
We should not interfere in the internal workings of another nation unless attack.
Self Defense. Most people would agree with that.
WW II fit's that principle since we were attacked first.
Korea was an act of self-defense even though it was technically a draw.
Vietnam got blown all out of proportion. Self-Defense was not the reason for that war Oil was the reason for it.
Vietnam has oil its coast even today, which it has dispute's with China.
Desert Storm was an oil war, but it was self-defense.
Afghanistan was self-defense.
Iraq was not an act of self defense.
WW I was possibly an act of self defense.
The Spanish American War was pure imperialism.
The Civil War was about secession or possibly an insurrection.
The Mexican War was an act of agression that could have been settled at the bargaining table.
The War of 1812 could have been avoided with better diplomacy.
Diplomacy does not work without Military Force and Military Force does not work without Diplomacy.
Noninterventionism, except in emergencies.
The President is Commander in Chief, but Congress raises armies and fleets.
The President direct's foreign policy, but Congress has the power of the purse.
From Washington's time to William McKinley the United States only went outside North America once during the administration of Thomas Jefferson to deal with the raiders who operated off the North Africa Coast.
Self Defense is the rule people in this country operate by and they can understand why we went into Afghanistan, but Iraq violated this principle.
George W. Bush wanted to avenge his dad's humiliation at the hand of Saddam and get at the oil in Iraq, which was at that time the 2nd largest oil reserves in the world and no one had access to plus it was thought to be the most westernized country in the region.
War is a last resort and you should leave it to the professionals to run it rather than some amateur in the White House.