us foreign policy

For decades the USA has been promoting, enacting and justifying coups all over the world. Iran, Vietnam, Egypt, Syria, Guatemala, Lebanon, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Chile, Nicuraugua, Panama, etc etc. We have been sticking our noses in other people's business, and finally its come back to bite...

I didn't want this to get buried in the POTUS Trump thread. It's too important. Australia has concerns. US 'threatens to involve Australia in war with China': Paul Keating condemns US secretary of state nominee's comments First an ignorant phone call to Taiwan, with nothing to gain and a lot...

It hasn't been reported on much in the West, but a friend of mine is currently vacationing in Kuwait and he said they have a huge celebration going on, honoring the 25th anniversary of their liberation following an invasion by Iraq. It was a U.S.-led military force that quickly mobilized and...

A lot has been made in recent days about how this terrible stuff Putin is doing wouldn't have happened if Putin just feared the USA they way he should. Some of the reasoning behind this is.....odd...

This is a thread in which to discuss any and all aspects of US foreign policy, or potential directions the branches of US Government may wish to direct their foreign policies at any time in the future. I have no interest in this subject myself, but several threads that I lurk, though not often...

Gingrich Criticized Obama For Not Intervening In Libya, But Now Criticizes Him For Intervening In Libya Is that clear enough?

I could barely believe that someone actually typed the words The Palin Doctrine. I mean, really. But then I saw it was the New York Sun, and the opinion writer is an unabashed Palin groupie (publisher of a website JewsForSarah.com). And with my new-found reassurance that the earth's polarity...

raises some good issues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oqKdjwwmXM

Eric Cantor went to Israel and told Netanyahu: Now, it's been a standard refrain from Republicans that "politics stops at the water's edge" and that only the President conducts foreign policy. At least one Republican has denounced his actions. Wanna guess who made this comment?

“Yes, after two decades in which U.S. foreign policy has been largely dedicated to rescuing Muslims or trying to help free them from tyranny — in Bosnia, Darfur, Kuwait, Somalia, Lebanon, Kurdistan, post-earthquake Pakistan, post-tsunami Indonesia, Iraq and Afghanistan — a narrative that says...

Does this guy even realize he’s only sitting in the White House because his Grandfather built the family fortune and political dynasty off the backs of NAZI slave labor? The same traitor who was involved in a plot to overthrow Roosevelt and the American government. The only appeasement I see is...

I hear a lot of criticism, recently, about the foreign policy of the U.S., and I have criticized them too. However, I think the U.S., and their policy, are not so bad, after all, for the following reasons: 1) yes, the U.S. have invaded few countries, in the last 50 years, have organize...

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDBkMzQ2MTJmOTFmZWM4NjJhYjg3MTY1MzRhMGU0Y2Y= Sick. He is running as a GOP candidate in order to avoid the embarassment of getting 0% of the vote, as his predecessors have. But this is his plan to win the presidency?

For those who don't know much about South Park, Eric Cartman is the heavy-set kid who has grandiose ideas, a smart mouth, and a blatantly self-centered attitude. He is greatly offended by the criticism of others, but carelessly or viciously insults others without regard to their feelings. He...

quote: October, 2004 Newark, Delaware - Over 650 foreign affairs specialists in the United States and allied countries have signed an open letter opposing the Bush administration's foreign policy and calling urgently for a change of course. The letter was released today by "Security Scholars...