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Originally Posted by 3~Shepherds
Did you miss this part; Britain, which embraced free trade in the 1840s, became so reliant on imports that a few dozen German submarines almost knocked her out of World War I. Protectionist America had to come pull her chestnuts out of the fire.
Who would protect us? We should be smart enough to NEVER have to call on others, we are America!
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I didn't miss it, but it's a red herring. No one seriously thinks that vital defense production should be offshored. Britain, which embraced free trade in the 1840s, became so rich that it basically ruled the world in 1914. No wonder it was a target for a militaristic country that couldn't quite keep up. (I love Germany, but it is hard to admire their behavior between 1914 and 1945.)
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