Fantastic article - its long past time for our elected officials to stop pandering to emotional responses of misinformed masses swayed by the media feeding frenzy of yellow journalism advertising $$. I loved the rational discussion here - we cannot exist in a vacuum, we must lead in across the globe, but no longer just w/ military force - (not working too well in Ukraine, Palestine, etc.) but with carrots, not sticks. Also - SO much cheaper to do and builds long term healthier relationships (see the Marshall Policy post WWII). Best line of the article - Defense spending is now outweighed by debt spending - not sustainable!

So why is it that this makes SO much sense to any even relatively informed reader/citizen, but we cannot move as a nation in this direction? Jennifer Lind for President.