The Solution

World War II is over! The US must stop proving that it sucessfully defended itself by functioning as the UN's Police Force. The world has recovered economically and competes with US products. The world can produce its own weapons and defend itself. Today's "war" is defined by who can produce a better consumer product! Only sociologically inferior countries want territorial expansion.

Uncle Sam, the thief, taking citizens for a ride!!!
"I'm for a flat tax -- as long as the flat rate is zero.
The object is to get rid of big government,
not find a new way of financing it." Harry Browne

From the USA's defense perspective, I think all non-critical international military bases should be closed bringing US troops home. "Internationalism" does not equate to US Empire. Today, "Internationalism" is Interventionism and Interference to continue America's WW2 hegemony. The purpose is to prevent war --- not cause war. The US should go to war if and only if attacked or if there is irrefutable evidence of imminent attack. Irrefutable evidence does not mean "manufactured" evidence like the Gulf of Tonkin. I would like Americans to rally to a future President who prevents war instead of one who makes his legacy waging war.

The State Dept. should only negotiate trade agreements and resolve disagreements to PREVENT war and terrorism. No US involvement in any foreign country's internal affairs and no US "bribes" to prop up a dictator's military position. Dictators maintain power only as long as their own youthful strength and the power over their people via their security forces such as the SS or Homeland security.

FROM What Difference Does It Make?

According to the June 2014 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, there have been 248 armed conflicts in 153 locations around the world since World War II ended. The United States launched 201 of them. During the 20th century, coinciding with the rise of U.S. hegemony, there were 190 million deaths directly and indirectly related to war, more than in the previous four centuries.

"How do wars start? Diplomats lie to reporters and then believe what they read in the newspapers." -- Karl Kraus (Austrian writer, 1874 - 1936)

Sometimes war is used to stimulate the economy and improve a given president's domestic polls. The economy would BOOM if the federal government's intrusion into every aspect of life were diminshed by half, i.e. cut the government by 50%, and restore liberty!

There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of its dominion as much as possible. To control everything, to leave no room for anything to happen of its own accord without the interference of the authorities--this is the goal for which every ruler secretly strives.
 
Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism, p.67

I nor most citizens of the USA receive NOTHING today except for increased loss of civil liberty, loss of economic freedom, dilution of the Constitution and higher taxes.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE DOWNSIZED TO 1787 LEVELS ! That means Departments of State, Defense, Treasury, and Justice only! Everything else must go!