Isn't it funny that our government goes around "helping" people of the world become more "free" while at the same time taking more and more of ours away to protect us from those other countries that don't like us there 'helping" them.... and killing their local citizens.

"At least there were perceived, plausible threats to the U.S. when we went into Afghanistan and Iraq..."

Good one, perception and plausibility, a public relations heaven. It bothers me a little how you just blow off the Iraq and Afghan confrontations that had no legitimacy and are what helped put us into our current financial ruins... if you would have listened to Dr.Paul just a few years ago you would have seen all of this bullshit we are in up to our ears in, play by play, quit living in denial

And yes, you have to look around and see what "they" are doing is not stupidity, it is an agenda, we are at a weak point, financially and socially... whipped into line... they just do as they please, even more than they use to.