Thursday, December 20, 2018

US withdrawal from Syria

I am not a Trump fan (at all), but this is a good decision. I do NOT care whether the president's motives were nobly or ignobly driven, his decision was properly or improperly formulated, nor do i care if this is more back-room collusion or not. For I truly HOPE and PRAY for more such motives, decisions and collusion until all US foreign wars, operations overt and covert, occupations, bases, perhaps some embassies (see note) as well, have been rightly ended and/or closed.

What I suggest may be viewed as political/military isolationism (and so be it if you do). However, as logically argued over the centuries by some empirically studious economists, political/military expansion sooner or later initiates and exasperates economic isolation thus declination. It is an unavoidable causality. For as attributed to the 19th century French economist Claude-Frédéric Bastiat, "When goods don't cross borders, soldiers will."

Note:
Intended or not, embassies of imperial empires (like United States) often serve as antagonistic lines-in-the-sand, while quite unnecessary for diplomacy per modern communication technology.

Come let us Reason (Is 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath (2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23).

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