She [America] has, in the lapse of
nearly half a century, without a single exception, respected the independence of
other nations while asserting and maintaining her own. She has abstained from
interference in the concerns of others, even when conflict has been for
principles to which she clings, as to the last vital drop that visits the
heart. She has seen that probably for centuries to come, all the
contests of that Aceldama the European world, will be contests of inveterate
power, and emerging right. Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has
been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her
prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the
champion and vindicator only of her own. She will commend the general
cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her
example....
She well knows that by once enlisting under other
banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she
would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of
interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume
the colors and usurp the standard of freedom. The fundamental maxims of her
policy would insensibly change from liberty to force.... She might
become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of
her own spirit....
[America's] glory is not dominion, but
liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield:
but the motto upon her shield is, Freedom, Independence,
Peace. This has been her Declaration: this has been, as far as her
necessary intercourse with the rest of mankind would permit, her
practice.
--John Quincy
Adams, Independence Day Address 1821
"It is the policy of the United States to seek and
support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and
culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world."
-- President George W. Bush, Inaugural
Address 2005.
It is more than ironic that while Republicans appeal to America's Founders (most justly) that they fail to heed them when it comes to foreign policy. George Washington warned of "entangling interests" or alliances as dangerous and Presidents like Adams above extolled America's restraint in interference. Their view was not that America should be a militaristic global policeman (and they never extolled "democracy" as ideal) but only an example of freedom and liberty. It's time for the Founder's view of Foreign Policy to be given a fair hearing.
In this regard, Pat Buchanan, a Republican with credible expertise in several Presidential administrations, is a breath of fresh air compared to both the Republican Establishment's and Democrats' "utopian view" (as he calls it) on foreign policy and alleged "necessary" wars, none of which are for the self-defense of America. His views are seldom permitted in either conservative debates and forums or in the liberal Mainstream Media. So listen to him here for at least an alternative, and in our opinion more rational view, about war.
He condemns American involvement in "regime change" started by the neoconservatives (which too many republicans applauded without just cause) in the Middle East since 2001 during the Bush administration.
He condemns American involvement in Syria to overthrow the Assad regime (which Obama and the democrats, and republicans like Rep. Shelly Moore Capito applaud) and articulates why it is stupid and actually supports radical Islamic groups that are bound to be no better.
He explains why the American Empire in foreign policy (which actually began during the Civil War when Washington invaded the Southern States to consolidate power by force) is a foolish "utopian view" for changing the world (really toward global government, abolishing sovereignty) for the pretense of "making the world safe for democracy" (as democrats W. Wilson and F.D.R. used) or to "end tyranny in the world" (the phrase George W. Bush invoked on his Second Inaugural Address).
He also is adamant that if this course is continued, especially in backing any attack on Iran, it will bring terrible consequences to "my Country" (now here is a better view of American patriotism demonstrated by judicious self-restraint instead of war-mongering) as well as to "the whole world". Indeed, both America's economy would be greatly ruined (i.e. the consequences on oil prices, which would harm the entire economy, as well as national debt) and a probable world war in the Middle East would result.
It's time that a
more sober view of foreign policy and its consequences should be considered, before it's too late, as AIPAC and radical pro-Israel and radical "world democracy" revolutionaries continue to drown out Americans' influence in our own Congress. What America needs is a
true National Defense instead of a National Offense policy, which takes us to war without constitutional declarations of war,
per the historic Christian 'Just War' Theory of self-defense alone, by Congress.
Until America changes this it is engaging in Global Vigilantism and supporting what could be called justly a Global Democratic Jihad, with terrible consequences on our own nation.
A history of the Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire and its aggressive PAX ROMANA should suffice to be a most conspicuous example to any naysayers against our criticism of this
dangerous bipartisan foreign policy toward a global PAX AMERICANA or PAX DEMOCRATICA which has been in progress for 150 years now. Who would deny that the Isles of Great Britain once fought against the tyranny of the Roman Empire? After all, one type of "tyranny" is often replaced by another, always under the pretense of "liberation" (or things like "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). Doesn't this all, then, look so familiar, from a historical perspective? "American exceptionalism", frequently invoked to cloak all American wars as moral and just, should not blind anyone to this truth and republicans and democrats ought to heed the speeches and examples of America's Founders and early Presidents once again.
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