“Every nation, in order to function as a nation, needs to be able to defend itself. We ought not to be picking up a significant portion of anybody else’s defense budget through arms donations, and this would include Israel. That would be my position, but nobody listens to me.” — Douglas Wilson, Israel, Iran, and Good Old Vermont
If you cannot function without outside assistance, you are not your own. You are a member of someone else's household or a county or state under another's jurisdiction.
1 Timothy 5:8
If any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Any nation that cannot, does not, or will not provide for its own people is not, strictly speaking a nation. It is a province of whoever supports it. It cannot have its own constitution because it cannot sustain its own existence. It cannot self-govern because it is not carry its own load.
Galatians 6:5
Every man shall bear his own burden.
If you cannot carry your own load, you are not your own. Whoever is responsible to help you carry it and takes the initiative to do so also has jurisdiction and authority to command you.
A man must shoulder his own burden or he is not a man.
A nation must be able to stand on its own or it is not a nation.
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