Obama just announced the most anti-war foreign policy doctrine in decades

[Maedhros]

89. My stance is this:

if our national interests require us to wage constant brushfire wars across the globe, then we need to change our national interests.

And honestly, who on an ostensibly Liberal discussion board could disagree? "Our" national interests have nothing to do with you or I or any other American citizen. Global corporations set our national agenda. How do American citizens benefit from drone strikes in Yemen? Continued access to cheap oil? Why not spend the money on military activities on R&D for electric cars instead? Instead of spending trillions of dollars on unsuccessful wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, use it to transform our national energy infrastructure to phase out fossil fuels. Anyone can see that doing so gives us better return on our investment than endless wars.

The only reason we don't do it is because "our" national interests aren't really ours.