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According to the U.S. Constitution we do. And to an American that should be the final say.
Must be hard for you to accept, but your constitution plays zero role outside your borders.
For that reason your interventions failed miserably in the last decade. You could not get rid of Assad, could not prevent Putin from taking crimea and you cant stop Iran, since no other country follows you.
As i said, give up imperialism and have a better life.
the Obama Admin. never made a significant effort to keep Putin from taking Crimea. The Trump admin. never made a real effort to get rid of Assad.
In regards to Iran, when Iran gets a nuclear weapon and announces that they're declaring the Persian Gulf their territory, and demand payments by every nation to ship oil through there, everyone, including every major European nation will be screaming for the U.S. to do something about it.
Including Germany. I suppose it is much easier to "have a better life" when you pathetically cower behind a more powerful nation.
Iran is and alway was the regional hegemon and the only real country there. Saudi Arabia is an artificial country of goat herders while Iran is an empire that is millenia old.
The only “other measures” possible are spending cuts which are also off the table “within this fragile economy”. IMHO, it is ridiculous to try to constantly assert that we have had a “fragile economy” for decades requiring annual federal “budget” deficits.
From an economic standpoint there a three fundamental pillars to reducing a deficit.
1) Tax Increases
2) Spending Cuts
3) Economic Growth
With respect to tax increases, I don't believe many, if any economists have endorsed such policies as increased taxes within a COVID economy. Tax increases would represent one of the biggest policy failures which would see every business, family and individual placed under the hammer in a desperate ploy to bring the budget back.
Spending cuts are in a similar situation. Obviously there are things that could be managed more efficiently financially and budgets could be reconstructed to reduce costs but the impact will be minimal.
Economic growth on the other hand is an entirely plausible and effective solution to address the deficit. Jobs are the central pillar of recovering the economy and bringing the budget back.
1) Why do you claim to know so much about Iran? And I don't give a rats ass if you claim the Germans have good relations with Iran. All that shows is how utterly irrelevant the Iranians consider Germany.
2) All nations are artificial Rostocker. Iran, United States, and even Germany. None of them occurred naturally.
And btw i blame my own nation as well. For over 70 years Germany was a mobster of the US mafia. We supported almost evry american crime, and the typical american mafia methods. Only now we leave that Mafia clan and see how sour the godfather reacts to that (Nordstream II). I see it as positive step that we push american companies out of defense and infrastructure projects. It takes the blackmail possibilities away from USA.
you still whining about that damned pipeline? Give it up kid. It was almost easier to hear you whine about losing the Body Building competition in Las Vegas.
Who claimed that Iraq would become "like Switzerland" after the U.S. liberated it from the Baathist regime? I followed events closely and I don't remember that. Could you post a link to that claim being made?
What "American crimes" did West Germany ever support?
of course it's enough. And yes, it would, as well as placing 2/3 of active duty personel to reserve status.Being the "most powerful" on the planet isn't enough. And recalling troops and closing bases will not come close to eliminating 50% of the budget
saving a considerable amount of money.Nor will putting 2/3rds of personnel on reserve status. People in the reserves still get some pay and benefits not to mention have to receive training and be equipped whether they are reservists or not.
Of course I do.Once again, you and your ilk don't have a clue about U.S. military spending.
obviouslyAnd you abolish treaties BEFORE cutting the military that you designate to fulfill those treaty commitments. Not after.
Your moron president believed He can force democracy through war on a culture that knows no concept for democracy.
It worked well in Japan.
The problem is that a lot of federal spending is on income redistribution (poverty fighting?) programs which were clearly designed to be funded via taxation. The idea that economic growth is going to significantly alter the poverty rate, which has held steady at 12% to 15% since 1965, is simply wishful thinking.
The simple truth is that federal spending is more popular (aka politically successful) than demanding the taxation required to pay for it, thus our congress critters will continue to borrow and spend so long as that gets them re-elected at a rate of over 90%. The current federal “budget” policy appears to be to spend at about 20% of GDP and to tax at about 17% of GDP - resulting in continuous annual deficits.
Im actually glad i got out of the tea party thing.The Tea Party and Q are many of the same people.
Defense contractors thank you kindly.Not and get prepared for the next major war at the same time. Winning that one decisively I believe is of far, far greater importance than transferring money to people no longer productive anyway.
Which we have, and not nearly enough is being done about it i wonder why.Staggeringly stupid post on your part.
Our economy could be destroyed and millions of American citizens killed without a single foreign soldier stepping on American soil
Economic interests that are private.But we couldn't protect our citizens overseas or protect our economic interests overseas.
To say nothing of fulfilling our military agreements with foreign nations.
And out of our military budget, what EXACTLY would you cut in order to get the budget down by 50%? Or I'll make it easier for you. What would you cut to get it down by 25%?. You can't do it without crippling the U.S. military.
Mhhh they do know democracy. Did the US force democracy on Germany?Iraq was better under Saddam than it is now.
Your moronic regime believed they can make Iraq a democratic Switzerland. Iraq never was a democracy and never will be. Maybe accept, that democracy never works in such societies.
Its called the Bush doctrine
In Bushs Words: Iraqi Democracy Will Succeed (Published 2003)
The text of President Bushs remakrs on the 20th Anniversary of The National Endowment For Democracy.www.nytimes.com
Your moron president believed He can force democracy through war on a culture that knows no concept for democracy.
USA poisoned the soil with uranium, destroyed historic sites there, commited countless crimes like Haditha and basicly created ISIS.
What crimes Germany supported? The criminal sanction politics of the USA. Only in the last decade we distance ourself from that.
Mhhh they do know democracy. Did the US force democracy on Germany?
We had democracy when your country did not even exist. How you think germanic chieftains got into position?
at spearpoint.
at spearpoint.
No as usual you are not very good at history. The local noblemn and tribal leaders met at a so called Thing under a oak and elected teh one they saw as the one most fit as leader.
Repugnants only care about deficits when a Dem is in office.U.S. budget deficit to hit record $3.3 trillion this year, CBO says - MarketWatch
Seriously, I miss the teabaggers right now. where are they?
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