Un-Reconstructed American Patriot

October 14, 2006 - Forcing Foreign Policies

Recently at a press conference President Bush was asked by a reporter why he is accusing previous administrations of not properly handling the North Korea issue when his record includes North Korea’s nuclear missile test on his watch.

Since when has successful foreign policy consisted of being able to tell another country what they can and cannot do and expecting them to comply? Does the sovereignty of other independent countries mean anything to us anymore? Or has the idea of global community so permeated our society that we tend to forget that we are citizens of a state or country and think instead of ourselves as world citizens? Does the U. S. government think they govern the world?

Nowhere, in Article 1, Section 8, of the U. S. Constitution, is the President given the job "Policeman of the World" or "Minister of World Peace." And yet the federal government acts as though they believe they set the rules for the world. Their actions give the impression of an empire, not a republic.

August 5, 2008 - Unfortunately you are only half right

Posted by Oren neu dag

As an israeli i can tell you that the world would be in a very worse condition if the US would have decided on an isolationist policy again. Because this will give dictators free hand in making they're nightmarish dreams a reality, and many countries's security will be harmed if the US will cut it's contacts with all other nations on earth.
And not only Israel can be harmed of a possible isolationist policy, but also: the Baltic States, Ukraine, & Georgia which all of their Independence is based on US assurance for deterence against any Russian try to take over their former soviet states.
And of course there is North Korea that threatens Japan.
But you do have a point on the part that the US was not fullfiling it's roll properly. This roll has indeed been sometimes badly used especially in South America, where in many places it's interference was unnecessary and harmful. Examples of which can be found in 1953 in Guatemala, and in 1972 in Chile.

So basically as i said before - You are only half right. but also half wrong.

You can reach me also in wikipedia. in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Oren neu dag

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