Libya's Violent Rebellion & other ME revolutions

[TexasSP]

Originally Posted by PBO

I'm not sure who you think is continually demanding US help but this type of statement perpetuates the stereotype that the US would be smart to dissolve

It's the fact that the UN and countries involved continually demand US involvement (specifically our money). It's not a stereotype but a reality.

I am fine with the US staying out of other peoples business when it does not directly affect us, I just want others to stop asking for aid and support as well.

I also have family in Australia and do not gather from them that the entire consensus is so anti US and how we operate as suggested. This is from native Australians and others who moved there from here.

People like to make remarks against the US with wide brush strokes in regards to opinions about us and so forth with out evidence to back this up. Same thing in regards to China where I have business contacts, friends, and relatives. The way the Chinese government operates in regards to it's relationship with the US does not reflect the populous by large.

I just can't help but find it ironic how some of the most vocal anti US rhetoric comes from countries who a) have gained much from us and b) have some pretty major issues of their own to reconcile.

The old line in the Middle East referencing our relationship with Israel as the issue causing us so much grief is rather dishonest at best. The Middle East as I stated earlier has been having issues with the world long before Israel was made a new state in the last century and certainly long before the US even existed.

The fact is the can't even get along with themselves at the smallest level.

It's fine with me to move out of these areas completely. We will protect our interests and borders and when we have a perceived threat we deal with it and move on. After all, we don't need to set up governments for other nations, they can figure it out on there own.

Of course mark my words what will happen when we move our military out of foreign countries completely, because only then will the real rhetoric begin.