The National Security Strategy of the United States: Exactly What You Love to See

Marty's Bent

Last Friday morning the President Trump's administration released its National Security Strategy, and if you haven't taken the time to sit down and read it yet I highly recommend that you do. I won't spoil the whole thing for you, but I do want to take some time today to highlight a few things and express how refreshing it is to see something like this from the executive branch.

Whether you like him or not, agree with him or not, or think the strategy outlined in the document is the correct strategy for the United States to pursue one thing is for damn sure - this is the type of transparency and focus we should all hope to see from the government. If you read through the 29-page document it will become immediately apparent that this transparency and focus is highly intentional. These strategy documents are typically filled with vague platitudes about "rules based international order", "racial equity", "democracy building" and "climate change", among other things, that cater to people's reptilian emotion triggers, yet they are never clearly defined. These tactics are explicitly called out in the security strategy released last Friday.

Here we have an acknowledgement of something that should be common sense; not everything can be a priority, there are needs of the American people that need to be met, and there are areas of focus that demand more attention than other because focus in those areas will help us take care of the needs of American citizens.

Not only are there needs that must be met, but their are also wants and desires that the Common Man in this country has. Things that inspire him to wake up, get to work, being a productive member of society and slowly but surely contributing to the progress of his own life and the nation by extension. A lot of these "wants" are laid out in the second section of the strategy document. There are many that are listed, but I want to highlight this section.

If you've been reading this rag for long enough you'll understand that a common thread throughout the years has been the degradation of the social layer of society. We are coming apart at the seams as economic pressures, successfully deployed color revolution propaganda tactics, a degradation of quality and absence of merit combine to bamboozle anyone who isn't cognizant enough to connect all of the dots. These problems have many contributing variables, but the one outgrowth of these combined variables that sticks out the most is the idea that living a life of dignity is becoming unattainable for the Common Man. If dignity is viewed as unattainable, how could one be optimistic about the future?

The two factors that (in my mind) contribute the most to one's view of whether or not they are living a dignified life are; being gainfully employed and to the extent that your wage can afford you the ability to raise a strong family. The focus on strong, traditional families cannot be overstated. Strong families are the cornerstone of a thriving society. I am very grateful that this has been identified and is a focus of our National Security Strategy. If we don't have strong families of people living dignified lives then what are we even trying to secure? A nihilistic society driven by hedonism and degeneracy. It's time to return to fundamentals and turn away from the nihilism that has poisoned our society.

How do we achieve this? The rest of the document goes into this, and I won't inundate you with more screenshots when you can go read the document yourself, but here are some bullet points for those who don't have the time or the drive to take the 45-minutes to read the strategy.

No more nation building via forever wars. The authors of the strategy put forth that it is time that the Unites States recognizes and acknowledges that the world is filled with people who have different cultures, governance structures and priorities that differ from the United States. This is okay. While we don't have to agree with any or all of these things, it is not our job to change them and we should find common ground where possible and use that as a jumping off point for mutually beneficial trade.
We want to strengthen our part of the world; the Western Hemisphere. A lot of the problems we are seeing today, particularly around immigration and drug trafficking stem from our lack of focus on partnerships with countries in Central and South America. We will work with willing partners in this part of the world to make our economies more prosperous and secure via trade agreements and treaties.
Europe needs to get its act together. One way in which this strategy document can be read is as a refutation of the direction that Europe has been trending in over the last few decades under the purview of the European Parliament. The Trump administration makes it clear that they do not agree with the direction the EU is going in and has made it a point to vocalize that the United States will not be moving in that direction.
The era of DEI, climate hysteria, race-based "equity" and virtue signaling are over. The United States, and humanity by extension, finds itself at a critical inflection point and we do not have time to waste on things that serve no purpose other than to brow beat white people and those of us who don't think the world is going to end because we continue to leverage hydrocarbons and nuclear energy.
The immigration disaster needs to change as soon as humanly possible. While it may feel nice to think you're saving the world by letting anyone who claims asylum into your borders, reality is proving that this is a suicidal tendency. Borders exist for a reason and by ignoring them we have increased the welfare burden on taxpayers to an unsustainable degree. Beyond that, the policy is eroding the job market for middle class Americans and accelerating the descent into a nihilistic reality in which the Common Man doesn't believe he can live a dignified life.

Despite what you may think about President Trump and his administration, I urge you to put your priors aside and go read the document. Maybe I'm crazy, but I think it's one of the more sensible policy pieces I've seen released by the federal government in my lifetime. Short, focused, filled with things that should be seen as common sense and inspirational. Let me know what you think in the comments.

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