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You are creating a straw man. No one is proposing uncontrolled migration. So that's not even remotely relevant.
Not quite. We
have uncontrolled migration. We
have a population of illegal migrants that conservatively number about 10 million or more. That is; upward of 10 million people in this country whose identities, countries of origin, backgrounds and intents are
unknown.
Second, when did Bush tell us that all muslims want to kill all Americans? Can you quote him on that? 1.5 billion people? Or do you mean the chinese? Let's see some quotes.
Um ... read it again:
LAK said
If you juxtapose the idea of uncontrolled migration with George W Bush and his administration telling us for four years that the militant faction of about 1.5 billion people want to destroy our country - and we are going to be the subject of more serious attacks - it is utter insanity
See? "the militant faction of ...".
Trade agreements are a GOOD thing. They make more money. Profit and efficiency are good for America. In case you hadn't noticed.
Trade agreements are fine. Trade blocs being used as a tool to subvert national sovereignty, the interest of a nation's entire citizenry, and converted into political States are not.
Study the history of the EU from it's beginnings in the 1950s when it began as "the European Common Market". Study the political debates at the time, and the insistance of those pushing it that "it is just about trade". Study the morphing process through the name changes to "European Economic Community". Study the political debates and the assurances again that it is "just about trade". Follow the name changes to "European Community" and "European Union". Follow the debates.
When the debates surrounding the conflict between certain sovereignty and legal issues arose a few years back, it took people like Romano Prodi, the Italian Commissioner to the EU, to publicly state to the effect "Why are [all the other European leaders] being so shy? Stop pretending that this Union was not
intended to be a political union from the beginning ...".
Yes, Mr. Prodi does not see the need to be shy anymore, and it is now open record that this was the intent from the start - despite a succession of governments that lied to their citizens at the time and said otherwise.
The North America Free Trade
Agreement has already been morphed into the Free Trade
Area of the Americas. Wonder what the next one is? Perhaps you should study some of the
political material on the FTAA and it's "Summit" websites.
If you want a country with no foreign relations and which tries to keep all industries at home, move to North Korea. No immigration, no "entangling foreign alliances", and the political will to kill all enemies. Your dream state, right?
That is not what I said. What
specific "foreign relations" are you referring to?
It is not just a simple matter of "keeping all industires at home". It is a matter of having a manufacturing base, employment, and a measure of self-suffciency. Actually North Korea imports alot of things; like petroleum, coal, machinery/equipment, textiles and grain etc - to the tune of over $2 billion in 2002.
Don't quite know what you mean by "the political will to kill all enemies". Sounds like the theme for a Hollywood film. We do need to be able to defend our borders. We do have the technology (when people in our government are not selling it to our enemies), the resources, and - if our government isn't giving it away - the money to defend our borders against any army, navy and air force on earth.
So now Bush wants to take over the world? I thought you were saying that Bush was going to let the Mexicans take his country away from him. And, uh, since when is there only "one approach" to world development?
"Take over the world"? I don't think George is leadership material. He isn't even a good actor.
"Let the Mexicans" do what? The "Mexicans" don't even have their own country. Take a look at who the people are
that run the Mexican government.
From what hat did you pull the term "world developement"? Who came up with that one? Now,
national developement is something tangible, since a government looking after the interests of it's people
will develope the nation.
Other nations, seeking to do the same can follow a similar model - or choose their own way. That's a part of what is called
sovereignty.
Find me one credible expert on international development who makes this claim. That one will also keep you busy for a while, so read on again...
Uh .. ditto "world developement". It seems to me that you are laboring under the misapprehension that the "developement" of the rest of the world is somehow something we, the People of the United States are somehow obligated to plan, organize, fund, implement and run. Now I am beginning to see the problem. You have already immigrated yourself - to the
Global Village.
I don't live there.
Is it your belief that the US is lagging behind on the international scene!? We have the largest economy and the most powerful military in the world. This has happened over the past 50 years despite a steady stream of all the policies that you claim are ruining America.
Newspeak. Try instead; what currently is the
national debt? What are the future
financial obligations of the United States over the next 20 years? What is the average
credit debt of the citizens of the United States? How many will be able to pay their own retirement without selling property or using State benefits? ETC.
Our miltary is
getting threadbare. It is
not it's normal quality at issue - it's the current state of manpower, equipment etc after two years in Iraq. If we open up another campaign in Iran, Syria and/or elsewhere
it is not going to fly without a massive influx of people, equipment, other resources and
money. The first and last elements do not grow on trees.
On top of all this is the political question. You have your own judgments about foreign affairs, fine. They're not supported by research or history or a basic understanding of international trade. But the main point is, whether you are right or not, most Americans do not agree with you. That's no "conspiracy." Your plan for America is on the fringe because most Americans have decided they want to go in another direction.
Depends on who's "research", "history" or "basic understanding of international trade" you are talking about.
Who told you "most Americans do not agree with [me]"? How do you know how many Americans "agree with me" or not? And,
who cares? The United States is
not a "democracy". Our government is obligated -
sworn - to
uphold and defend our Constitution and it's mandates are clear. They do not include "world developement" - or running the Global Village.
Unless there's a 100 million man conspiracy machine out there, of course, that obscures the truth from everyone except you. Is that your position? Most of America is fooled, but the small fringe groups that agree with your border alarmism are not?
Again, you assume to know much. But evidently you haven't the faintest idea of what it means for a nation to have secure borders - and stable economy and culture. Let alone what amounts to insanity during a period when "national security" is supposed to be paramount.
What's going to destroy America isn't immigration. It'll be long dead before that at the hands of people who say "CNN is run by the jews and full of lies. That's why I get all my news from dragonmaster zeke's geocities page."
CNN - like FOX News - is run by the same oligarchs who front people like John Kerry and George W Bush.
Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch are "Jews"? Now that
is news to me.