Mike Rozeff writes some very well thought out pieces. This one has a lot of truth to it.

https://lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff411.html

The Big Issue

America stands at a critical foreign policy juncture. America must decide between two opposing courses. She can continue along the road of foreign intervention and expansionism, or she can turn onto the road she once traveled – neutrality.
Expansionism vs. Neutrality. This is the big issue that embraces many related issues whose scope is so broad as to affect every one of us. Their scope is so large and all-embracing that most Americans cannot see the big issue. Inside a huge valley of death, one hardly knows that there is a promised land beyond the surrounding peaks. Our vision is woefully obscure.
The number of important concerns grouped around these two poles, Expansionism and Neutrality, is astonishing. To mention a few:

  • War vs. Peace
  • Empire vs. Republic
  • Inherent Executive Power vs. Constitutional Limits
  • Police State vs. Free Country
  • Surveillance State vs. Right to Privacy
  • Foreign Invasions vs. Respect for International Law
  • Interference in Foreign Domestic Affairs vs. Non-Interference
  • Superpower vs. Multipolar World
  • Utopian Spreading of Democracy vs. Minding One’s Own Business
  • Fiat Money vs. Sound Money
  • High Taxes vs. Low Taxes
  • Unpayable Public Debt vs. Sound Finances
  • Stagnant Income vs. Growing Income
  • Military-Industrial Complex vs. The Public Good
  • Crony Capitalism vs. Free Market Capitalism
  • Standing Military Forces vs. Small Military Establishment
  • Militarism vs. Business
  • Jingoistic Patriotism vs. Healthy Scepticism of Government
  • Government Secrecy vs. Open Government
  • Government-Controlled Media vs. Free Press
  • Government Propaganda vs. Truth
  • Unlimited Government Power vs. Limited Government Power
  • A Scrap of Paper vs. The Constitution
Expansionism vs. Neutrality is not a Democratic or Republican or Independent issue. It will warp one’s values to think of it in partisan political terms. Between the major parties, there is no Expansionism party and no Neutrality party. There is no War party and no Peace party. There is no Empire vs. Republic party. There is no Executive Power vs. Checks and Balances party. Between the major parties, there is no Anti-Constitution vs. Constitution party.

Between the doctrines of the major parties, there is no difference that counts on Expansionism vs. Neutrality. Only one doctrine is prevalent and has been officially prevalent for over 100 years: Expansionism. This is a policy of expansion of control, the aim being domination, be it by means of gaining territory, economic control or political control. The current aspect of it is a worldwide war on terror, slated to last forever. This is the doctrine by which America attacked Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya and by which it engages in drone warfare in Pakistan and Yemen. Manifest Destiny was Expansionism, and now it is the official policy of the U.S. to go beyond the continent of North America to the entire world.

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