"When the only tool you have is retreat, every problem looks
“manageable.” " --- Mr. Lowrey's attempt to paint the administration's
foreign policy as feckless forced him to create his own axiom. But
saying it doesn't make it so.
The world is a complex place with various actors, each playing its own game, often to its own tune. The rise of China did not start in 2009, nor did the belligerence of Putin. Leaving thousands of American troops in Iraq would not have stemmed the rise of violence in that country, only good leadership stood a chance, and Maliki was not it.
America has a choice to make in Afghanistan, but short of a coup, it was near impossible to remove Kazai outside of elections and get good governance.
It is easy for McCain and his ilk to act as monday morning quarter backs, but engaging in every oversea conflict only weakens America the more. And after two expensive wars in the 2000, and soaring public debt, caution will only give America the time to rebuild.
The ISIS threat is a regional threat, exacerbated by the flow of Western born fighters to the region, but instead of blaming the Obama administration, perhaps, Mr. Lowrey should direct some of his ire at Saudi government that empowers fundamentalist and covertly funds them. Now that ISIS threatens the socio-political order in the middle east, perhaps the Saudi's will finally get of their high-horse and stop the flow of money to terrorists. It is a shame Iran is labelled as a state sponsor of terrorism, but Saudi Arabia is not.
The Collapse of Obama’s Foreign Policy
The world is a complex place with various actors, each playing its own game, often to its own tune. The rise of China did not start in 2009, nor did the belligerence of Putin. Leaving thousands of American troops in Iraq would not have stemmed the rise of violence in that country, only good leadership stood a chance, and Maliki was not it.
America has a choice to make in Afghanistan, but short of a coup, it was near impossible to remove Kazai outside of elections and get good governance.
It is easy for McCain and his ilk to act as monday morning quarter backs, but engaging in every oversea conflict only weakens America the more. And after two expensive wars in the 2000, and soaring public debt, caution will only give America the time to rebuild.
The ISIS threat is a regional threat, exacerbated by the flow of Western born fighters to the region, but instead of blaming the Obama administration, perhaps, Mr. Lowrey should direct some of his ire at Saudi government that empowers fundamentalist and covertly funds them. Now that ISIS threatens the socio-political order in the middle east, perhaps the Saudi's will finally get of their high-horse and stop the flow of money to terrorists. It is a shame Iran is labelled as a state sponsor of terrorism, but Saudi Arabia is not.
The Collapse of Obama’s Foreign Policy
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