Interesting take on it. I'm not sure I agree with sending in the Marines to slap a tinhorn dictator that's hanging out in the playground with our "sworn enemies". That to me opens up Pandora's Box because we give the go ahead to our own tinhorn dude that gets to define who those enemies are. It's so easy to label an entire country as a military threat to our safety when really the only threat is a loud bark and not a true bite. You never end your vigilance in case the leash snaps but I think we've seen the results of preemptive strikes.
We do agree though that our guns and bullets shouldn't be used to give United Fruit a better corporate bottom line. I'm taking great delight in the fact that I just harvested fresh fruit from my own citrus trees and they won't get a dime from me. Now if only bananas grew in Phoenix.
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