As of today , how would you rate foreign Policy (US)?

Answer 1

Horrible and getting worse.

Kidnapping and murder and torture and
turning a blind eye while Israel is paid to destroy
Lebanon. The horror , the horror.

God will not forgive the evil doers and deciders.

Answer 2

I would rate it as poor, but getting better. Some recent successes:

Getting North Korea to come to 6 party talks and halting their nuclear program for the time being.

Putting NATO in charge of Afghanistan, giving other countries some responsibility there.

Bush's recent trip to Latin America, where he was generally well-received by the host countries, even though some people protested they were not humongous protests.

Getting China to revalue their currency, giving their growth some much needed stabilization.

A diligent attempt to deal with Iran's nuclear program using the UN and diplomatic means.

But all of these are overshadowed by the Iraq War and the hamfisted way that was done. The Bush administration obviously does not respect the UN, so he didn't feel he needed authorization from it. He strained relations with some of our strongest western allies, notably France and Germany, unnecessarily.

There is also an inept understanding of the middle east, which is crucial because it is the most important region right now. The current Iraq policy showcases their belief in policies that just won't work there. Bush can't see that the Iraq war has been lost for some time already, a military solution to the problem is most likely futile.

The Israel/Hezbollah war was badly handled too. The U.S.'s biggest problem in the middle east is its support for Isreal, letting them do pretty much what they want. We'd have much better relations with the Arab world if we relaxed our support a little bit, but that will probably never happen.

If it wasn't for the Iraq debacle, I'd say that currently, our foriegn policy isn't that much worse than it was in the 90's, and probably better than Reagan. But the Iraq mess has hurt our diplomacy and credibility for some time to come.

Answer 3

I rate our foreign policy as the best its been since President Reagan, we keep aggressive governments guessing and won't appease countries with a track record of bad behavior. Foreign policy should be taken from a position of strength as our policy currently is, rather than rolling over to make ones self look good.

Answer 4

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 the highest: A 3.

We have several major issues:

1. Trade imbalance. We owe too many other countries money for goods we have consumed, but the like amount of trade flowing out of the US is lacking. A high trade imbalance creates a trade deficit which is the highest in US history since the American Revolution.

2. Waning political influence and waning credibility abroad. As third world nations gain new-found wealth, either through oil wealth or industrialization, they can complete against us in the rest of the world for stronger political influence around the world, and greater credibility.

3. War in Iraq. Strains our credibility to the breaking point. Drains our treasury of needed tax dollars. And appears to be largely a war started on a false premise or pretense depending on which point of view you wish to take. I chose false premise and leave it at that.

This dismal record of foreign policy has its roots going back to Jimmy Carter and has consistently failed us as an industrialized nation.

Solution: Economic dominance of global trade should be our number 1 objective. No. 2 objective is strengthening our credibility and political influence in the third world, and increasing our credibility by consistently delivering high quality output to the third world in the form of legitimate as opposed to Haliburton-style assistance.

Answer 5

Foreign Policy means do not interfere with others internal affairs.

Answer 6

On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd give it a -3

Answer 7

The US foreign policy is erroneous because it is already against Islam in order to support Israel. The fight against Islam is being disguised as a fight against terrorism. The US must stop supporting Israel and terrorism will end.

Answer 8

Our policy is pathetic. 0 chance of obtaining our stated goals by our methods, so I often wonder what our real goals are since we continue to use obviously failed methods, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED may be true if the real goal is to destabilize the region, ratchet up tensions and sell weapons, while insuring control over oil supplies with high tech weapons systems defending the oil fields, manned by US troops.

Answer 9

It is a total disaster. It has made us less safe from terrorists, It has greatly reduced our respect from the rest of the world, and it has brought our government much closer to bankruptcy. President Bush is the only President who has made me ashamed to admit I was an American when traveling outside the U.S. -

Answer 10

The US still has a foreign policy?!

Other than "do what we tell you or else..."?