Cog wrote:I thought the left were against foreign intervention and being a world policeman. How quick they change their tune when a Republican president actually does try to pull us out of those foreign countries. Funny seeing the left make nice with the Republican NeoCons who never met a war they didn't want to jump into.
The left was like that during the Cold War. It's only been in the wake of Vietnam that they have had to come down from that. Remember how the first George Bush declared that opposing Saddam collectively would address the wound still left upon the country from Vietnam?
It was a Republican, Nixon, who got us out of that. Then, Jimmy Carter began to say things like how the US should start to consider aid to countries based upon their human rights records. The country couldn't stomach that.
The politicians only put their fingers into the prevailing winds. Along came Reagan, to seize the new agenda recognized by an electorate hungry to dominate the world, and prosper doing it! At first, it only looked like we would have to sacrifice certain things, like the textile industry.
That was mostly jobs for women, so it was easy to let go. When it also happened to Joe Steel worker, then it looked like a much worse hole. Now, "everything is made in China." It's not really, but that's not the point. Trump is countering that. He is only the figure who allows the wishes of the people to recognize their ambitions. Like always, the people don't realize that they had better worry that they will get what they ask for.