Imperialism
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A strong national policy is vital for the credibility of a nation. In order to serve the people of this Country, we must take up arms and strengthen our industries in preparation for peacekeeping operations around the globe.
The various nations that make up our world’s political climate are not necessarily lead by people with policies that align with ours. This in itself is not an issue; however, when injustices are propagated through violence, and the regime of a nation begins to strengthen their armies in kind, there is a chance that they will be in a position to threaten our nation’s safety.
This is a threefold process. Rogue nations would have the capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction that could be used against us, within our free borders, resulting in the loss of thousands of lives. Secondly, the opinion of lesser nations would begin to swing to the negative. We would have to defend our actions overseas in the future, because we would allow for criminal states to remain unpunished. Third, our own foreign interests span the globe, from our own citizens who have a financial stake in foreign assets to our own projections of power that are vital for the well-being of our nation for years to come.
Defense by offensive measures is well justified, as long as there is consensus amongst our peers. We can bring a case for necessary aggression to the table, which would serve as fair warning to rogue nations before their own military actions become crystalized. In order to enable ourselves to strike effectively, we should also have a minimum force dispersed throughout the globe, so that we are able to quickly and effectively deploy our troops for any police action that becomes necessary.
Since such a worldwide presence would be highly taxing on the stamina of our armed forces, it should be a policy to have permanent expatriated citizens all around the world, with the appropriate colonial resources made available to them. This would also spurn a good degree of trade between the nations and would provide a service to other nations in need for any non-military actions such as disaster relief.
The world needs the guiding hand of a powerful, peace-loving nation, and we need the safe insurance of a projected military and economic presence. The need for a kinder, gentler flavor of imperialism should be looked at seriously, uncolored by the missteps of years past.
