...has it worked this well for so long?
It seems to be a favorite talking point around the world. We have some fucked up policies from Mexico to the Middle East that most people find confusing. I think it's fair to say that the majority of Americans think that many areas of our "foreign policy strategy/doctrine" are misguided.
At the same time, most historians would agree that we have been a power player in world politics for the last one hundred years. One of two superpowers since 1945 and the only remaining superpower since 1992. Even if shit hits the fan, we will still be a player for the next few decades (similar to UK after 1945). So that puts at us at 150+ years or 50% of nation's total time in existence. Until that time, we will have been the richest, most powerful country/empire in the history of the world (yes, there are poor people here, too).
But what if we compare foreign policy to an iceberg. What we see, hear and feel strongly about (the visible) is 10%. What's unheard and unseen (under water) is 90%.
And I'm not saying "the best policy" in the sense of what's good for people and democracy and furry animals. It may very well be what's good for multinational corporations who fund political campaigns in the US. My point is that this status quo (NWO if you will) has been on a pretty level course for quite some time now and that's what people truly want despite their cries for peace in the Middle East and Open Borders and Kumbaya national anthems.
It seems to be a favorite talking point around the world. We have some fucked up policies from Mexico to the Middle East that most people find confusing. I think it's fair to say that the majority of Americans think that many areas of our "foreign policy strategy/doctrine" are misguided.
At the same time, most historians would agree that we have been a power player in world politics for the last one hundred years. One of two superpowers since 1945 and the only remaining superpower since 1992. Even if shit hits the fan, we will still be a player for the next few decades (similar to UK after 1945). So that puts at us at 150+ years or 50% of nation's total time in existence. Until that time, we will have been the richest, most powerful country/empire in the history of the world (yes, there are poor people here, too).
But what if we compare foreign policy to an iceberg. What we see, hear and feel strongly about (the visible) is 10%. What's unheard and unseen (under water) is 90%.
And I'm not saying "the best policy" in the sense of what's good for people and democracy and furry animals. It may very well be what's good for multinational corporations who fund political campaigns in the US. My point is that this status quo (NWO if you will) has been on a pretty level course for quite some time now and that's what people truly want despite their cries for peace in the Middle East and Open Borders and Kumbaya national anthems.
the peer review system
put both
Socrates and Jesus
to death
-GBFM