Medved says Russia does not have international interests.

Radio Host Michael Medved thinks that our national security would be in peril if we didn't have bases around the world. However, he cannot explain why other countries national security is not in peril even though they do not have bases around the world. In order to defend this position, he says Russia does not have international interests... to the level of United States. I think the Russians would beg to differ. Obviously, all countries have international interests. It is arrogant and slanderous to claim that other countries don't have international interests. Also, it is a huge double standard that irks the rest of the world.

Furthermore, Medved's propensity to insult people that disagree with him is one of the principal problems with political debate today. He says Ron Paul is off his rocker and then when you investigate his reasoning to support this absurd claim it turns out it is simply a disagreement on defense policy; a disagreement which he can't even support. Part two

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[Tasadaru]

If people like him want to protect the world from the boogy man then people like him should organize a volunteer army and go to battle. The funny thing is that they would probably be viewed as terrorists too.

[janhelfeld]

I agree.

[TheNorthwestReport]

This interview was intellectually stimulating.

[janhelfeld]

I asked Medved if he thought the interview had been intellectually stimulating. His answer in part 6.

[BigDaddyDJD]

Notice how irritated Medved started to get? He had no arguments

[jeffmoppi]

good job Jan!

[radjanvar]

Wow, what a great interview. This Medved is completely off his rockers!!! I enjoyed watching this discussion. Obviously, no one would attack the U.S. if U.S. withdraws all its foreign bases.

[cbat36]

Well if your against an empire but you support the means of empire such as occupation and bases all over the world and defend talking heads who are empire propagandist's then your one big walking contradiction what George Orwell said was a victim of doublethink, maybe you have drank the MSM kool aid :)

[VeryEvilPettingZoo]

@cbat36

Re: "... stoking war and sanctions is the real Isolationism!"

Rather than pointing out the irony of your accusing me of a Red Herring in the same post where you posted this (I ain't said a single damn word about "stoking war" or "sanctions"), I think I'll just point out that what you wrote there makes not one damn bit of sense.

[VeryEvilPettingZoo]

@cbat36

Re: "... learn from History Empires never last, Roman, British, French, and ours will be no different"

I said that I don't think the USA should have an empire.

I also don't hold that American overseas bases represent an American Empire.

Finally, this observation that you've now repeated is just silly. It's like my saying "Don't be evil - evil men are not immortal." Yeah, well, good men aren't immortal either. Empire or not, ALL political systems undergo change.

[cbat36]

Someone who really tries to SOUND intelligent, probably isn't "Ad Hominem," oh know what does that mean? :):) your guilty of the Red Herring fallacy, closing bases would not be Isolationism, because it has nothing to do with TRADE, in fact there would probably be more TRADE in this world with less Armed Troops all over the world, learn from History Empires never last, Roman, British, French, and ours will be no different, stoking war and sanctions is the real Isolationism!

[liOVERLOADil]

Its almost as if I'm watching a baby being spoon-fed logic while they spit it out and cry.

[kapcars]

He admits it, "we are the policemen of the world". What an anti constitutionalist, Mendved clearly has no regard for the taxpayers interests!