I riffed off of Do the Laws of Physics Apply to Politics and basically outed my true political opinion, believe it or not.
Swaddling clothes are “an age-old practice of wrapping infants snugly in swaddling cloths, blankets or similar cloth so that movement of the limbs is tightly restricted.???
To me, swaddling has always been antithetical to freedom, but boundaries and structure seem to things people crave.
Israel has always been like this, in case anyone chooses to remember. The former Soviet Union was this way too, back in the say. Now we are.
Life is regimented in Israel and there is mandatory service, though I believe that Israelis have a definite sense of freedom, of liberty.
Mind you, I believe in absolute sovereignty. I believe it was wrong for us to invade Iraq, a sovereign nation. I also believe that sovereignty may be absolutely protected, as in the case of Israel committed response to Hezbollah and its host country, Jordan.
I am committed to Cuba’s sovereignty.
I do not support the export of “democracy??? and “freedom??? (meaning Capitalism) to sovereign nations that don’t ask, especially if the majority of folks embrace it.
If they don’t ask, we Americans need to solve poverty, crime, sickness, classism, racism, illiteracy, and sexism first, before we export freedom, wealth and equality.
Heaven forbid we Americans come across hypocritical.
I don’t believe in Crusades, invasion, or insurgency — I don’t believe they work in the middle or long term. Only cultural intervention works over time. Bay Watch and Madonna, for example. I believe that protecting the freedom of sovereign nations is job one. The rest is surely none of our business.
