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Podcast: The WallBuilders Show
Episode: America’s Interest, Nigeria, And The 17th Amendment
Description: When should America step in abroad—and when should we hold the line? We open with Nigeria and the persecution of Christians, unpacking the hard tradeoffs between humanitarian outrage and constitutional guardrails. We weigh the tools that can move regimes without war—credible threats, sanctions, aid leverage, quiet diplomacy—and the times when defending American lives, ships, and commerce must take priority. Using the Barbary pirates and the French Quasi-War as guides, we lay out a practical test for “American interest” that avoids isolationism without drifting into endless entanglements.From there, we zoom out to the role of governm...