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I'm opposed to the idea that it is the duty of the United States to keep the peace all over the world. We have the most powerful military by far right now, and the most expensive by a wide margin. The PNAC didn't just want to maintain that advantage, or maintain a military strong enough to discourage attacks from the international bad guys, but to wage preemptive warfare. Their stated policy was and still is a significant expansion of the military.

We already knew the results of such wars from the Vietnam era. In Iraq, they got it closer to right by using a professional military, but they still launched us into a costly and unnecessary (IMO) war that has dragged on for a decade now, and still may not end well or soon.

Imposing a Pax Americana on the rest of the world is a bad idea. The real power in today's word is economic power, and military spending is a big drag on keeping that kind of power.

Not that it's the only factor, but it is a factor.

<blockquote data-quote="PLC1" data-source="post: 170303" data-attributes="member: 301">I&#039;m opposed to the idea that it is the duty of the United States to keep the peace all over the world.&nbsp; We have the most powerful military by far right now, and the most expensive by a wide margin.&nbsp; The PNAC didn&#039;t just want to maintain that advantage, or maintain a military strong enough to discourage attacks from&nbsp; the international bad guys, but to wage preemptive warfare.&nbsp; Their stated policy was and still is a significant expansion of the military.&nbsp; We already knew the results of such wars from the Vietnam era.&nbsp; In Iraq, they got it closer to right by using a professional military, but they still launched us into a costly and unnecessary (IMO) war that has dragged on for a decade now, and still may not end well or soon.&nbsp; Imposing a Pax Americana on the rest of the world is a bad idea.&nbsp; The real power in today&#039;s word is economic power, and military spending is a big drag on keeping that kind of power.&nbsp; Not that it&#039;s the only factor, but it is a factor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PLC1, post: 170303, member: 301"] I'm opposed to the idea that it is the duty of the United States to keep the peace all over the world. We have the most powerful military by far right now, and the most expensive by a wide margin. The PNAC didn't just want to maintain that advantage, or maintain a military strong enough to discourage attacks from the international bad guys, but to wage preemptive warfare. Their stated policy was and still is a significant expansion of the military. We already knew the results of such wars from the Vietnam era. In Iraq, they got it closer to right by using a professional military, but they still launched us into a costly and unnecessary (IMO) war that has dragged on for a decade now, and still may not end well or soon. Imposing a Pax Americana on the rest of the world is a bad idea. The real power in today's word is economic power, and military spending is a big drag on keeping that kind of power. Not that it's the only factor, but it is a factor. [/QUOTE]

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