Name:   phil - Subject:   In all seriousness Date:   10/14/2016 5:38:16 PM (updated 10/14/2016 5:38:54 PM)

I think most of the wars in my lifetime and most I have read about since WWII have basically been where our leaders either wanted something (oil/land/resources) or to punish someone because they dare to stand up for their rights.  We need to get out of being a world police force.

If we can not police the steets of Birmingham or Chicago where decent people can feel safe - how the hell are we going to do it at the planatary level.

There is a place for something like NATO where we can come to each others common defense when necessary and collaboration on intel and technology in the meantime to make sure that we can be safe in this world.  

I can care less what Iggy two sand dunes to the left thinks about me as I will probably never meet him - if he is sitting on a bucket of oil, well good for him.  Its not my job to take it from him or make him like me.