America . Beware what you wish for !!!!!!!!?

Question

America supported Saddam to fight Iran.
America supported Taliban to fight Russia.
America isolated Arafat and it gets Hamas.
America's one and only foreign policy is always "My enemy's enemy is my friend" has been proved wrong and wrong again and created more more lethal anti-america believers.
But I think America's biggest foreign policy nightmare would be when all Islamic regimes become democratic and fight America with a popular mandate from their people.Hamas is the kind of harbinger America has to deal with in the future.
What do you think ? Tell me what you think will be America's biggest foreign policy nightmare.

Answer 1

I have no idea, you make some great point, but the one thing I can tell from the answers to your question, is that we can see who the yanks are and see how ******* blind they are! I'm sure that does not got for all of you!! But the big question is why does Bush feel he needs to stick his nose into every other countries bussiness no wounder so many people around the world are turning against him and his mob. I'm certain the U.S is not full of idiots but the people who run the country are and we here in the U.K keep following so that makes us no better!!

Answer 2

Every nation acts with pragmatism when deciding its foreign policy....with the only real consideration being 'what's in the national interest at this moment in time". Sometimes the results do not seem desirable in hindsight...but in each of the cases you present, the alternative is as bad or worse.

The biggest American foreign policy nightmare would be to turn isolationist like the Democrats are suggesting. Isolationism allowed both World Wars to fester before America join in to the tune of tens of millions of casualties.

The problem with the 'war on terror' is the failure of the American leadership (and the entire western world for that matter) to realize that, unlike President Bush's recent comments, this is a war against nation states and should be fought as such. Just trying to track down 'fanatical elements' in disparate countries is a policy doomed to fail.

The problem has been around for over 1300 years, since the day Mohammed declared war on anything not muslim. That war continues today and will continue for generations to come....unless or until the non-muslim world wakes up to the reality of the what awaits them.

Answer 3

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The status quo of State Department, and Administrational strategies seems to lack a few critical ingredients.

1) Listening: If we listened. Really Listened to what they had to say, we could know their desires and needs.

2) Respect: If we would take the time to actually sit down with these people, and be truly friendly, they would be willing to tell us what is on their hearts and minds.

3) Acknowledgement: If we take the time to say to others, "We met with Supreme Cleric So-and-so/Colonel Whatchamacallit/Prime Minister Whosiewhatsit, and discussed the situation, and their state of affairs." we might actually be more respected and acknowledged by others.

In diplomatic communication, all a person wants is to be respected and acknowledged. They know that if they get that, then there will be meaningful dialogue."

you cant reason with terrorists, they'd seen a suicide bomber to the table, open up a dialogue, and press a button

you liberals live in a fantasy world, everyone is not good at heart, you cant reason with everyone

terrorists just want us dead

plain and simple

Answer 4

The war against Iran was a success for the US. Saddam kept them busy for nine years, there was very little terrorism during that period.

The Soviet Union does not exist anymore. Supporting the Taliban was a piece of the long struggle to defeat them.

Arafat was as big and dangerous a terrorist as anyone in Hamas.

The US policy of supporting enemies of our enemies has been a success. True that when one leader goes out another rises to replace him. Yes supporting questionable groups will cause you problems down the road. America's safety cannot be put in a neat package and a bow tied around it. It is a long struggle that will probably never end. The only alternative is surrender.

Does a Liberal have an alternative plan. No bumper sticker slogans, I am fully aware that liberals think "Bush Sucks"

Answer 5

I think you make good points but i doubt that democratic arab states will ever attack the us. Hamas was democratically elected as two-fingers-up to a hostile (to all the palestinain people) US govt. the US is not seen as an enemy by the middle classes in most arab states. by the time they were democratic, the moderates would have already ensured that they'd win power in elections through constitutions such as in turkey and syria limiting the power of religious institutions.

The major problem for the US is China if it doesn't get it right. i don't think this will be a hot war, but the US is already losing the economic war, though remains ahead with an ever-decreasing distance between them. The US is in debt to China for billions. A chinese govt that can decide to pay for oil in euros (say) would be able to bring the us to its knees.

Answer 6

The status quo of State Department, and Administrational strategies seems to lack a few critical ingredients.

1) Listening: If we listened. Really Listened to what they had to say, we could know their desires and needs.

2) Respect: If we would take the time to actually sit down with these people, and be truly friendly, they would be willing to tell us what is on their hearts and minds.

3) Acknowledgement: If we take the time to say to others, "We met with Supreme Cleric So-and-so/Colonel Whatchamacallit/Prime Minister Whosiewhatsit, and discussed the situation, and their state of affairs." we might actually be more respected and acknowledged by others.

In diplomatic communication, all a person wants is to be respected and acknowledged. They know that if they get that, then there will be meaningful dialogue.

Answer 7

Your contention that foreign countries will be mandated by their people's to attack the US is suspect. We might be attacked but I highly doubt it will be the result of a vote. Plus a declaration of war on the US by a foreign nation isn't in vogue any more. These cowards are fighting through the use of proxie armies as we are seeing in Iraq. Do you think the financiers of this insurgency have the sand to stand up and admit what they are doing? Didn't think so.

Answer 8

Democracy will not survive in Middle East
Islam is deeply rooted there and Islam does not have democracy, but the Khalifat system.
When the Arabs will group together, USA and UK should get ready to accept their mischevious deeds from the past.

Answer 9

The Islamic regimes becoming democracies?
Democracy is the most alien concept to the Middle East, why do you think they are either monarchies or dictatorships?
As soon as we've left Iraq it'll descend into civil war, I guarantee it.

Answer 10

Hey, America supported Stalin to get rid of Hitler!

The world's a tough neighborhood. Sometimes all the choices are lousy, and you have to pick the least bad one.