By Jeff Crouere ——Bio and Archives--September 29, 2024
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On every airplane before departure, flight attendants share important safety protocols with passengers. For example, “Should an emergency situation occur, you need to put your own oxygen mask on first, before attempting to help those around you.” Of course, this warning is not selfish, but only common sense, for a passenger that has no oxygen cannot help anyone else.
This safety tip should be applied to leaders in all nations, including the United States. Our politicians should deal with the emergency in this country before trying to fix problems in the rest of the world.
Unfortunately, both political parties are beset with globalists who want to spend American tax dollars on international organizations and far-flung wars instead of dealing with the worsening crisis in our country.
After the 9/11 attacks on our country, the United States entered wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that lasted twenty years. The overall cost for those wars, the most expensive in American history, will total between $4 and $6 trillion.
As noted by Linda Blimes of the Harvard Kennedy School, this astonishing total “includes long-term medical care and disability compensation for service members, veterans and families, military replenishment, and social and economic costs. The largest portion of that bill is yet to be paid.”
When the United States entered these wars, the dictatorial leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan were opposed to our country. After twenty years of war, neither of these countries are aligned with the United States. Today, Iraq is aligned with Iran and Afghanistan is led by the Taliban, an Islamic terrorist........