Democrat Ideology on foreign policy.?

Question

Hi,

Looking at the recent attempts by Democrats to pull out of the war, Does it fit with their party ideology. If yes, Why?

Answer 1

They are relatively consistant when it comes to foreign policy... but the more liberal the party becomes the less effective their policy is.



Insight on the News, June 28, 1993 by Amos Permutter

Clinton's FDR-style approach to foreign policy is damaging.

President Clinton has shown a keen desire to emulate two strong and charismatic presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. And his emulation of FDR is especially strong.

On the domestic front, Clinton has attempted nothing less than a second economic revolution in American history -- even though the current sluggish economy hardly warrants the drastic measures suitable Depression.

But it's in foreign affairs that Clinton most closely (and not to his credit) resembles FDR, adopting Roosevelt's dissembling and often seemingly vacillating style without achieving Rooseveltian results or displaying a clear goal.

FDR's White House style, most scholars conclude today, was characterized by confusion, by a profusion of aides who spent much of their time trying to outguess and anticipate the president, and by the practice of surrogate diplomacy that tended to cover up the president's indecision. Roosevelt was notorious for his tendency to procrastinate, waiting for events to spur policy, never designing a strategy for dealing with impending or actual war.

Clinton's decision-making process in foreign policy, such as it is, strongly resembles FDR's. It suffers markedly from a plurality of channels and information. When he's forced to focus on foreign policy, which he does reluctantly, he tends to handle it on his own, blocking out advisers or keeping his real intentions from them. Like Roosevelt, he wants to hold all the cards and keep them close to his vest, a tendency that frustrates advisers and allies and sends confusing signals to international rivals. Clinton's unorthodox management style is in the classic Rooseveltian mode -- except that it is ineffective.

And Mrs. Clinton is wanting to run in 08', should we expect any less from her?

Answer 2

Democrats have no ideology on any subject.

They are stand for whatever they think will garner them the most votes in the next election. Theirs is a party and policy of opinion polls and focus groups.

They are smarmy opportunists who will say or do anything, without any regard for truth or honor, in order to obtain and retain political power. Look at Hillary, for example. She was gung-ho for the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns when their was widespread national support for those actions. Now that the tide has turned she's flipped like John Kerry making pancakes. flip-flop-flip-flop!!!


The Dem's were not always this way. It started with John F. (for faker) Kennedy and his bought election. From that point forward, the radical left wing of the party has been their driving force. Their one possible goal is the destruction of American independence and our national submission to the rule of the U.N.

Answer 3

No the republicans have never had a foreign policy, just an attitude!

Answer 4

They have 2 planks in their foreign policy
1. appease
2. surrender