I believe I have been chastised.

I guess to some my thoughts would make me a non-interventionists…..to others I am something worse….

I think there might be a slight deference in opinion and a ‘modern’ definition of the term that goes lacking.

To me it appears that to some if you have an opinion that is different than theirs then I must be labeled or insulted which is okay I have been insulted by many and even worse than the crap spread by some.

I bring this up because I have been labeled (well people like me so that means me) by the Secretary of War, Lloyd Austin, in his speech to Congress to scam more funds for war out of them.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has hit out at Americans who prefer a less interventionist foreign policy, smearing them as isolationists who want to see the US “retreat from responsibility.”

Austin, a former Raytheon board member, made the comments in a speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Saturday.

“You know, in every generation, some Americans prefer isolation to engagement—and they try to pull up the drawbridge. They try to kick loose the cornerstone of American leadership,” Austin said.

The Pentagon chief accused less interventionist Americans of trying to “undermine the security architecture that has produced decades of prosperity without great-power war.” However, most opponents of the US involvement in Ukraine are against the policy because it risks a direct clash with Russia.

In his rhetoric, Austin appeared to be targeting Republicans in Congress who have opposed additional funding for Ukraine, although the vast majority of GOP members against the proxy war with Russia favor funding Israel’s onslaught in Gaza and the military buildup in the Asia Pacific that risks war with China.

“And you’ll hear some people try to brand an American retreat from responsibility as bold new leadership. So when you hear that, make no mistake: It is not bold. It is not new. And it is not leadership,” Austin said.

Austin went on to urge Congress to pass a full-year appropriations bill and to approve President Biden’s behemoth $106 billion spending request that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

“You know, our competitors don’t have to operate under continuing resolutions. And so, doing so erodes both our security and our ability to compete,” he said. “And I also urge you to pass our urgent supplemental budget request to help fund our national-security needs, to stand by our partners in danger, and to invest in our defense industrial base.”

(antiwar.com)

First, Let’s look at the world today……

a report published Wednesday by the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs shows that since 2021, the U.S. military has conducted counterterrorism operations—including training and assistance, military exercises, combat and detention, and air and drone strikes—in at least 78 countries.

The publication also identifies 30 countries where the United States “conducted formal, named military exercises to project
force locally and rehearse scenarios of combating ‘terrorists’ or ‘violent extremist organizations,” and 73 nations where the U.S. government “trained and/or assisted military, police, and/or border patrol forces.”

(commondreams.org)

Some Congressman, name eludes me, has stated for the record in a hearing the “We are not at war”….I think the reality will contradict his ignorant statement..

So more on my thoughts….

I have never said we should withdraw from international relations….just that too much cash is being poured into war when it should be poured into programs that benefit the American people….not some dilettante halfway around the world.

I know some will disagree by saying that any dip in our monetary support will benefit our foes….and that is the same manure they have been spreading since 1945….I think they are mistaken.

For god’s sake get a new playbook.

I feel that if there is a situation in whatever region of the globe then the regional residents should tackle the situation not wait for the US to fund their operations.

I am not saying withdraw from the world just use other methods other than enriching an already profit heavy industry.

Am I a non-interventionist…..then NO!  Lloyd should spend more time on his grammar than being up the M-IC’s ass trying to cut a deal when he gets out of office.

So Mr. Lloyd when you come up with a better insult please let me know for I am on pins and needles waiting for the next barrage of ignorance.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”