Arming Israel versus Ukraine

For the case of Israel, it’s because the Christian Bible says so.

You're a guy in Indiana working at a plant. Your wife picks up shifts at the diner to make ends meat. What does an interventionist foreign policy do for you? Your blue collar buddies who want to escape the Rust Belt will be the ones who fight in our overseas conflicts, while the Ivy League dilettantes and the MSM millionaires call these folks "privileged" because of their skin color. Do you want to die because Bill Kristol and David Frum have a historical grudge against the Romanovs or Muslims?

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Give me your best juxtaposition on both.

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I know you won't like the "isolationists" answer but screw Israel, Middle East, Russia and Ukraine. Have you read about the threat to social security? When SS started it was designed to only take 2% of your gross income. It's hovering around 12% now. Luckily, I have other investments to offset that but 10's of millions do not.

Let the rest of the world bomb the shite out of each other. IDGAF. Stop funding foreign wars on our children's and grandchildren's futures.

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I’m begging for some guiding principles

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Blondes are more fun?

Israel has got a big mouth when we have their back. When we act like we may not have their back they pretend they dont need us. It would be nice to completely cut the chord with them and let the chips fall where they will.

The American taxpayer shouldn’t be paying to arm either one.

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guiding principles

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When it comes to foreign policy, the only guiding principle should be doing what’s best for the United States on a case-by-case basis.

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True isolationism means retreat from both (and also Taiwan). Modified MAGA says we can pick and choose which foreign intervention works for us.

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Rational people don't deal in absolutes. I'm an isolationist but I understand the importance of Taiwan. As an isolationist, I also support manufacturing necessities like microchips at home so we don't have to worry about countries like Taiwan. There is no such need from Ukraine or Israel.

"Modified MAGA" is simply using common sense and realizing that the world isn't black & white.

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guiding principles

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Understand that we should do things that enhance our position in the world and disregard the stuff that doesn't.

Understand further that just about anything can enhance our position and you understand the gotcha.

So you gotta go bang for your buck type of thing which takes a more nuanced approach. Also you have the ability for both carrot and stick type of diplomacy and both can work.

One needs to understand these to do it correctly. Trump understood this.

Biden based his policy on a don't lose type of proposition and when you play not to lose you also don't play too soon so you inevitably screw things up. Some screw things up catastrophically with this type of approach and biden does this.