Agreed. My MIL is a first generation immigrant from Uruguay... and she said it to me best "What is with Americans thinking that they need to 'fix' the rest of the world? You do realize people can fix their own problems, and maybe they didn't think there was anything wrong in the first place. Maybe you should 'fix' this country first.".... I was born and raised here and I believe that never have been truer words spoken.
I mean sure WW1, WW2, yeah we need to be involved there. But vietnam, korea, iraq, afghan, etc....etc....etc....etc... ??? No. Not even a little bit. How about we focus on fixing our infrastructure which is shot, education, healthcare, etc.... maybe then we won't need to spend as much on the military as the next 7 countries combined... maybe if we only spent as much as the next 3 we could invest inward, and grow our economy and jobs markets domestically.... just saying there are solutions out there to problems that we can just adjust our budget and be good to go...
Anyways I am not here to insult others on there beliefs and what not, and no one else should either.
But as far as the earlier comment on life long politicians being the problem 100% agree. Term Limits -- 12 years in either the hour or the senate, and then see ya. If you want to be a life long politician easy start at 24 --- Start in local gov, stay there and get experience of 10 years, move up to stay 10 years now your 45, move up to sentate or house, 57, move to the other if you can get elected 69, either become the president or retire. It doesn't eliminate lifelong politicians with those term limits but it does give you options. Or start at 25 go right into one and then the other, your 47, aim for president, AG, etc... or move down to the state level, or retire early and do something else. Or alternatively people can only serve 12 years total in either as a total. Every 12 years you have fresh faces. Lots of ways to solve the problem... but here is the deal Democrats and republics are basically private companies, they aren't going to endorse a new person over an old person in the role with name recognition unless you make them. President 8 years, congress - 12, SC - 24 yrs
Anyways off the soap box for now... hahaha