DownTime wrote:
BAR wrote:
No, you cannot count on my vote. The USA has interests around the
world and those interests need to be supported.

OK, you are fully entitled your vote for the candidate of your choice.

Can you provide me a 'for example' of these interests? Maybe explain to
me how an American life be justified to protect it? Can you also state
this in terms of the financial costs vs. benefits?

The reduce our dependence upon foreign oil crowd needs to understand
that we can do just that reduce our dependence upon foreign oil if we
start drilling in ANWR, Calif. coast, Florida coast. And, build new
refineries. Until we are ready to do this we will depend upon foreign
oil from Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, and the middle east and these are
some of our foreign interests

I truly am interested to understand the other side and maybe I might
change my opinion some.

I am not looking to change your opinion just your understanding that we
cannot live in a vacuum.