• capital@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    I’m getting a bit of whiplash here.

    The sentiment on Lemmy is usually that we should stop being the world police.

    Personally, I think that would make for a worse outcome and I guess we’re gonna find out.

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      4 hours ago

      When people want America to stop playing world police, they mean stop invading other countries, not stop supporting allied countries that are being invaded

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      3 hours ago

      Yeah they don’t want America to be the World Police, cuz police don’t protect people. Protecting our allies isn’t policing.

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        12 hours ago

        I get the impression that people don’t like the fact our military is as big as it is. And “Why are you over here in $country?”

        If Trump actually executes what I believe most conservatives want and we pull back from being the world police, people will quickly realize the value. It just might be too late by that point.

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          12 hours ago

          That depends on the country and local experience with the US, which differes a lot. When it comes to Europe, US presence in NATO is crucial for the region’s security since WW2.

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            12 hours ago

            Besides what is required of us due to NATO (really REALLY hope we don’t pull out of that) we dot a lot of other ancillary force projection.

            This could be unfounded fears but I worry the US won’t be the ones who directly feel the affects if it does happen.