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Originally Posted by Guest
You are so naive...
You did OK with your first paragraph...but the rest...not so good.
We are the worlds "police" because that is what it takes to keep the dollar as the reserve currency. The dollar as world reserve currency gives the US a LOT of perks and advantages. It allows us to spend recklessly.
Why DID we not attack Saudi Arabia where the hijackers came from? OIL
If S.A. wasn't the home of Mecca, the Muslim holy place...we'd have taken it over a long time ago. As it is...we keep whom we want running it...so they provide the world with a lot of oil.
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Let's see....other currencies have flourished, or de-valued because of those countries' economic strategies and operations. The "dollar" is no more, nor less vulnerable than other currencies due to the global market, not because the US has a military world wide presence. (who is naive here?)
If OIL is a product that needs protecting then it is up to the oil producer, and the oil transportation companies to pony up for protection, or, at least have OTHER countries provide as much protection as their oil needs are as strong, if not stronger, than the US needs.
If the Trump administration wants to "punish" immigrants from countries that have done us harm, he should actually start with the countries whose citizens HAVE done us harm: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, but because there are huge $ interests in those countries, he has targeted the most needy and vulnerable people for his immigration wrath (logical, isn't it?<sarcastic>)