Naragdaban
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America needs no more neo-imperial nonsense - FT.com
I know a lot of people on this forum might disagree with Patrick Buchanan, but I think he is right on foreign policy. America needs to stop being the world's police, and put its own citizens first once more.
We cannot afford any more neo-imperial nonsense. With trillion-dollar deficits, a soaring national debt, and 10,000 baby boomers reaching eligibility for Social Security and Medicare every day, the US is beginning to break under the strain of its commitments.
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America needs a new foreign policy rooted in todays reality, not in yesterdays cold war or in tomorrows dream of global democracy. For as Turkeys Recep Tayyip Erdogan reminds us, in his region democracy is a bus you get off when it reaches your stop.
We must roll up the empire and put America first again. We should swiftly complete Barack Obamas work, end the war in Afghanistan and close US bases in central Asia. We should tell Ukraine and Georgia that Nato membership is closed. No US interest there justifies risking a clash with Russia. Let us tell Vladimir Putin that if he stays out of our yard, we will stay out of his.
I know a lot of people on this forum might disagree with Patrick Buchanan, but I think he is right on foreign policy. America needs to stop being the world's police, and put its own citizens first once more.