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The Preservation (Unassailable Sovereignty) of the Nations’ States, and Their Territories. By Gene W. Edwards. Posted 10/13/2023.
This world contains 196 countries and some 50 territories owned by them. When any one of them is threatened, from within or without, the whole globe suffers and feels vulnerable from those getting by with aggression.
Biden is conducting a global imperative. It is this: violate the above law (penetrate States’ boundaries) and there will be a heavy price to pay! The USA spends 39% of the total military budgets (100%) of the entire world, though we only comprise 6.6% of its land surface (3.8 million miles out of 57.5 million). We are the world’s bulldog, watchdog, policeman. If we don’t like you, we’ll make you pay. Let’s call the above the Biden Doctrine (cf., Monroe Doctrine).
Thus, right now we’re “protecting” Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine, and will be heavily involved in reestablishing serenity the latter two, if not rebuilding them.
We are at war, however you count it, with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, et al. We may eventually bomb Syria, an aggressor land between Israel and Iran. We may attack or starve Hamas, or exclude it from participation in the nation state of Israel, us by fostering Israel’s military might. We may bomb Iran if Israel attacks Iran, or provide Israel the support to do so and get by with it. We also have our eyes on Venezuela and a number of other rogue nations and their downtrodden people, their displaced people…