Janet was going to vote for the first time.

North_Fork_Trails said...
Hey Dude, Rwanda? Clinton? Is a president all-powerful? Should the U.S. be the World's Policeman? That last question is one which is very tough and to argue one side or another usually will mean that all kinds of implications and poorly-expressed agendas are in attendance.

For instance, one person might say, "yes, be world policeman, save the innocent people in Rwanda, immediately."But that same person might be offended by Bush's invasion of Iraq. Then it would be "hey, what do you think our country is, world policeman?"

Of course there is the so-called Lesson of World War II. That lesson is usually interpreted to mean that our isolationism was a failure and cost us dearly. We should have acted, we should have shouldered the burden of being World Policeman. Also the Lesson is often interpreted to mean that the appeasement of Hitler by Chamberlain not only failed, but if anything it led to war, yes, to war, but at a time not of our own choosing, at a time not to our own advantage, militarily.

No, the question of whether or not, and if so, in what way, the U.S. should be World Policeman, is not only difficult but severely muddied by, well, muddy thinking.Love, Dadp.s. have a great road trip!

Love,

Dad
November 9, 2007 8:31 AM