Weekly Perspective

 Source:  https://www.legion.org/landingzone/260060/case-us-engagement-world?utm_campaign=Source+Code+Here&utm_content=NATIONAL%20SECURITY&utm_term=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra Photo by Steven Sobel/The American Legion The case for U.S. engagement in the world By Alan W. Dowd SEP 08, 2023 A central element of the mission of  The American Legion , according to its founding document, is “to make right the master of might; to promote peace and goodwill on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy.” This mission is as important and relevant today as it was in 1919, and it requires an America that’s engaged in the world. That doesn’t mean America should be hyperactive on the world stage. But to promote peace and safeguard freedom, America definitely needs to be on the world stage – active and engaged. Headwinds.  There are strong headwinds pushing against engagement. Just  20%  of Americans favor engageme

 We present the following courtesy of the team at the Economist, the Washington Post  and The Bulwark: Young guns Meet the world’s new arms dealers Where to buy drones, fighters and tanks on the cheap Strike while the engine is hot America’s big car firms face lengthy strikes Detroit’s “big three” v the United Auto Workers Panicky policymaking Rishi Sunak’s anti-green turn on Britain’s climate targets It creates uncertainty, will deter investors and probably won’t win voters Diplomacy in the new cold war Biden, alone at the top table as the UN withers Global power shifts to smaller groups Charlemagne Europe’s conservative populists pit migrants against babies Viktor Orban and Giorgia Meloni want their citizens to have more children (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)   Embrace Your Destiny Over the last few weeks I’ve basically talked myself into thinking that Donald Trump is going to be reelected to the presidency. That he’ll lose the popular vote—though by a narrower margin t