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I am not American. But, I do care what happens there as America leads the world and I grew up on mostly American movies and TV. What I get is that in the 1930s and the 1940s (before and after the WWII) the USA was generally much better off than now. There was more patriotism, community spirit and much less terrorism and bombings. Much less school shootings as well, right? Sure, there were horrible things like sexism, homophobia and racism but in reality we still have them today to a certain extent. The difference is there is no community spirit in the West, people are too individualistic now. When a society becomes too individualistic it is easier to destroy it from the inside, it's an easy target. I bet something like these things would cause an outrage in 1940s America, but now people are "oh a new shooting, ok" until next time. We're so desensitized as it's so common to have shootings and bombings now. But aren't we supposed to be in a time of peace, there is no official war?! Now people cannot even run a da*n marathon or visit a movie theater with no risk.
Do you think it's high time to go back to isolationism or at least not bothering with "spreading peace" in the Middle East or elsewhere? Let me tell you - my Iraqi flatmate got pissed off after the Paris attacks as in her words "It's bad and sad for those innocent people, but no one cares about people dying in Iraq and Syria everyday for years and the Western world and USA are killing innocent people there. Why "I am Paris" and not "I am Iraq"?!"
See, even after the Western Intervention in the Middle East life in most countries there is not rosy. Not only that, but I feel that they think it's the West who are at fault for their suffering. If they hate the US and the west why should we go there and spread peace, why not leave them alone!? I bet that in the 1940s people in Iraq did not hate the USA as they do now. Believe me, the US intervention does nothing good for its image worldwide, quite the contrary. So why not focus on fixing your internal issues first?
The US has the luxury of being geographically separated from the most troublesome parts of the world at the moment. So there's no need to get or remain involved in the issues there. Get out of the Middle East, and stop importing refugees or other immigrants from those countries.
The US needs to stop being the policeman of the world. It needs to mind its own business. The only candidate to address this and ask "Why is the US all over the globe" has been Donald Trump. Hillary wants to continue sending military everywhere. We need candidates who are more libertarian on the topic and end this intervention the US has all over the world.
The US needs to Mind Its Own Business for sure. It was US intervention that created ISIS, The Taliban, Al Qaeda, and all of the other terrorist organizations. Saddam Hussein did a good job keeping the Islamic State at bay. They exploded on the scene (literally) after his execution. The US is 100% at fault for this.
I just want to visit an America like the one from the 1980s - prosperous and with much less terrorism than today. Or even better - the 1940s pre or post-war America - patriotic, community spirit, modest young people and everyone minding their own damn business not shouting insults at Walmart (sans racism though). A time when broken families were the exception and not the norm. A time when people ate real food without additives and hormones, so they didn't need to buy dozens of artificial supplements and vitamins. Before they added HFCS and starch to everything, promoting diabetes. Before GMOs. And it is my business because the US dictates the rules. Don't you get it?
I think we should go back to isolationism, pull our troops out of every other country, stay out of other people's wars, and enforce our immigration laws.
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