Pheonixops
Proud Liberal
Hopefully, you're right. However, I couldn't help but noticing something you said.
You say "diplomacy is a burden." I thought you liberals favored diplomacy? The alternative is military action then, is it not?
Employ the "speak softly and carry a big stick" strategy.
I didn't say that "diplomacy is a burden." , I said that "Your solution would at best be a financial burden to our country as well as a diplomatic one.". I prefer diplomacy and a pretty much non-interventionist foreign policy. I think that Iraq was a dumb move and Afghanistan became stupid when they tried to "nation build" there as well. We should have just taken out our enemies and departed.
So, how is that any different from what I said? You listed two burdens, financial and diplomatic. The fact that you would see diplomacy as a type of burden is surprising.
I prefer a passive aggressive foreign policy. I also believe in keeping agreements. We are a member of the UN, and as such we should act, with or without other countries, to protect and help to preserve the sovereignty of a foreign nation. In the case of Ukraine, I would say scare the Russians off, get out and let Ukraine re-elect their own leaders and representatives nothing more.
LOL, this is what you and people like you do when you lose an argument; you start trying to take people out of context. It's quite obvious to anyone who can read, that I said that YOUR SOLUTION would at best be a financial burden to our country as well as a diplomatic one. Thanks for the laugh!
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