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U.S. Presidential Election 2016 -- The Most Important Issue
SHARE THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT TO HAVE A SENSIBLE FOREIGN POLICY! PEACE SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY.
Woops, I said the Iraq war cost billions. I just googled "cost of Iraq war" on google and this is what came up:
"NEW YORK The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released on Thursday said." Mar 14, 2013 (reuters)
Imagine if we didn't tax those trillions of dollars from U.S. citizens how much wealthier we would all be? Or imagine if we put those trillions of dollars into healthcare, or helping the poor, or advancing our technology, or working on a cure for cancer, or improving the environment, or education, etc.
Instead we spent blood and trillions of dollars on a war that perhaps only made more problems and made things worse! The U.S. is experiencing "blowback" for our unwise military decisions. There's a reason why lots of the world dislikes America.. because we meddle in their affairs! And almost always (or perhaps always) we've done so for reasons of self-interest for America. (oil, etc.)
The real issue is the pain, suffering, PTSD, and deaths of U.S. soldiers and all the suffering of solider's loved ones.
War should only be used as a last resort! A president should be thinking "Is this war so important that I would be willing to send my own self, or send my own son to this war?" If the answer is no, then we should not go to war.
Also, war should also only be decided by congress (formal declaration of war), not the executive branch. We must follow the constitution. We have these checks and balances for a reason!
Lots of the inspiration to make this video came from Ron Paul. He talks about the dangers of warmongering a lot.
U.S. Presidential Election 2016 -- The Most Important Issue
SHARE THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT TO HAVE A SENSIBLE FOREIGN POLICY! PEACE SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY.
Woops, I said the Iraq war cost billions. I just googled "cost of Iraq war" on google and this is what came up:
"NEW YORK The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released on Thursday said." Mar 14, 2013 (reuters)
Imagine if we didn't tax those trillions of dollars from U.S. citizens how much wealthier we would all be? Or imagine if we put those trillions of dollars into healthcare, or helping the poor, or advancing our technology, or working on a cure for cancer, or improving the environment, or education, etc.
Instead we spent blood and trillions of dollars on a war that perhaps only made more problems and made things worse! The U.S. is experiencing "blowback" for our unwise military decisions. There's a reason why lots of the world dislikes America.. because we meddle in their affairs! And almost always (or perhaps always) we've done so for reasons of self-interest for America. (oil, etc.)
The real issue is the pain, suffering, PTSD, and deaths of U.S. soldiers and all the suffering of solider's loved ones.
War should only be used as a last resort! A president should be thinking "Is this war so important that I would be willing to send my own self, or send my own son to this war?" If the answer is no, then we should not go to war.
Also, war should also only be decided by congress (formal declaration of war), not the executive branch. We must follow the constitution. We have these checks and balances for a reason!
Lots of the inspiration to make this video came from Ron Paul. He talks about the dangers of warmongering a lot.
