Yankee go home?

It was the kind of phrase that you would see during the cold war.  The communists wanted the US out of Europe, so that their communism could spread there.

Supposedly, the USA won the Cold War.  But you wouldn't know it from our popular culture.

And now we have a summit between the Russians and the Americans.   America at this point does not seem victorious.

What should we expect to come of this meeting?

Perhaps very little will change.  However, if Trump is anything, he is an agent of change.  Many people do not like that, and wish to keep things as they are.  However, Trump was elected because there are many here in the United States that do not like the way things are right now.

I voted for Trump.  I always thought that there was definitely a problem here at home.  Our problems are here, but our troops are all over the world.  We defend others who do not honor that, but go behind our backs and undermine us.  Is this really the best way to fight for our country?

Something has to change.  What form that change may take, I have no idea.  I am not so sure that we have to leave our former commitments behind, but we do need to reexamine what it is that we are doing with our people and our resources.

If we cannot come to an agreement with our "allies", then maybe we should recognize that they are no longer reliable partners.

Perhaps our agreements should be bilateral only.  Things are too complex.  Simplicity may work better.

You should know what you are fighting for.  Too many people don't seem to know that.