Defining Defense

Defense is required to control the borders of sovereign countries.  The military has always been used to defend borders except in the US due to the passage of bad law in 1878. The US had most of its military bases located near the border before 1878 and the borders were protected. These borders included coastlines on the Atlantic, Pacific and the Gulf. This included military bases for the Army, Marines, Navy, Airforce and the US Coastguard. From 1789 to 1898. defense was aimed at preventing invasion.  All of our wars ended in 1890 with the last of the American Indian wars.

The US federal government has failed to prevent invasion by migration by refusing to protect borders or control visas. Congress has watered down US immigration policy and it needs to be re-set to require merit and self-support for entry.

After 1898, the US federal government began to change US defense policy to include Military Foreign Aid. This began with the Spanish American War in 1898 when we invaded Cuba and the Philippines to remove them from Spanish control.  The Monroe doctrine issued in 1823 had two parts that might have sounded like good ideas in 1823. In the first part, we announced that we would not become involved in wars waged between European countries and we wanted European countries to leave their colonies in the American continent. 

The Monroe Doctrine resonated emotionally with most self-reliant US citizens, but it resulted in too many unintended consequences. The fact that the US was protected by vast oceans would allow the US to become the armaments provider for foreign wars. This in itself prompted us to take sides. This is what happened in World War I and World War II. After that, the US became the policeman for the world and military foreign aid would be the primary reason for US “defense” expenditures. We are now suffering from the migrant invasion brought to us by the UN and our own sloppy immigration policies.  

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader