Hi again Chris. No, being an optimist seeing the possibilities (instead of all the conspiracies) is the first step to correct anything wrong or ill. Almost nothing but the game Monopoly is a zero sum game. People who believe that it is a zero sum game are forcing that to happen. You do have another major thought process that is totally flawed. You say: "I don’t know what it will take to break this situation apart but I think that ending the role of the US as global policeman is a good start." If you have a goal than you can reach it after it is defined, the route is planned and you put the effort and enthusiasm into it. Or as Paul Mejer said;" Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.", a little more eloquent. You are trying to find the goal by just running away in a direction you really have only marginal understanding of.
I do agree with you that the US would be far better of if we stopped this senseless policing. I think this behavior is triggered by large enterprises having the same attitude as the politicians and the bureaucrats. I will be very late in the line defending the US behavior in this regard. In addition I pay for it. I say that if US must be part of this police force with its superior military capacity then it should charge for it and include a profit. The current behavior makes no sense and it does not benefit the US population at large. This is an issue you have walked in to by looking in the rear view mirror instead of looking forward. I even agree with you about Libya. I even said so at the time this 'war' broke out. I would perhaps keep names out of it as I do not know (certainly not because I have anything to say in favor of 'The Clintons'. I do understand the news. I can see the need to invent reasons, so certain businesses can benefit (again not the population in general). I can give you the example when the Iraq war was justified a smear campaign against Hans Blix after he declared 'Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction'. In summary: You just want the US to be eliminated at all cost on the worlds political arena. I would say that is a destructive, unproductive, slow process, which I only know one force that works hard on - the US military/industrial complex. I want the US to utilize its potential for the benefit of all the western world. I have radical, productive, simple and fast working ideas of how. My problem is that people like you make it sound like there are only two alternatives; keep status quo or destroy the US. That scare people away from action and they chose status quo. Try to find a solution instead of complaining. Best Regards , Lennart Thornros lenn...@thornros.com +1 916 436 1899 Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass. (PJM) On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Chris Zell <chrisz...@wetmtv.com> wrote: > “Positive” viewpoints can be harmful if you’re being cheated or conned and > that’s mostly what’s happening across the world. The conservative forces > that you won’t call a conspiracy tend to make our world into a zero-sum > game. I don’t know what it will take to break this situation apart but I > think that ending the role of the US as global policeman is a good start. > > > > Example: Libya may have had the highest standard of living in Africa. > Although Khaddafi had many faults, he did share much of the oil wealth with > his nation. Out of hate and ego ( Hillary Clinton), they bombed Libya and > thereby put violent jihadists in power. After that, Europe must contend > with many Libyan refugees fleeing their broken nation. There is also Iraq > and Vietnam to consider. And the recent exposure of the US ‘pulling its > punches” on ISIS. > > > > If you want to understand the news, understand that the US MUST portray > Russia as a danger – in order to sell expensive weapons such as the F-35 ( > which isn’t relevant to shooting at jihadists). Much the same goes for > China because these ‘advanced 21st century” weapons have little to do > with fighting Islamic insurgencies. Whistleblowers have asserted that NSA > spying is often directed at foreign business interests that would disrupt > US companies. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
