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Topic: Our Foreign Policy Establishment:
Looking for Love in
all the Wrong Places |
Our Foreign Policy Establishment:
Looking for Love in
all the Wrong Places
American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman
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Posted By:DW626, 2/3/2013 6:46:45 AM
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| Like the addlepated women who write love letters to an imprisoned murderer in the belief that the love of a good woman will turn him around, the U.S. foreign policy establishment repeatedly acts as though the power of their love and financial generosity will turn foreign thugs into responsible democratic leaders. They did this with the Soviet Union until Reagan upset their game, and now they are doing it with the Islamists.This week there´s been lots of ink on the disastrous affairs in the Middle East and North Africa and I´ll discuss what I consider the best of the commentary
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
planetgeo, 2/3/2013 7:02:57 AM (No. 9155346)
This is one of the rare times when I disagree with the brilliant Clarice Feldman. She entirely misses the point here. They´re not "looking for love," they´re giving it. Totally. 100%. Sympatico.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Spidey, 2/3/2013 7:16:37 AM (No. 9155356)
Our foreign policy is the same as making a bully his own sandwich so he doesn´t steal yours. The point of the bully isn´t your sandwich but to show his superiority.In other words appeasement targets the wrong thing.
Hitler´s goal was world domination and no acts of appeasement would have changed his mind on that but it didn´t stop British liberals from trying.So nowtheAmerican and European leftists thinks they can become friends with radical islam and peace and harmony will break out. The problem is muslims don´t care about material things,the things liberals like to bargain with,like foreign aid. Sure they´ll take the money,then buy weapons to destroy your allies.
Big Islam is playing people like Obama and Clinton for fools and a conduit to get what they really want down the road,the destruction of western civilization.
Islam picked people who they knew were already anti American to make their job easier.
Nobody bothered muslims after 911,yet the left still claims we´re islamophobes.
The left will never get it through their heads that conservatives judge people on behavior,not race.
It´s hard to tell right now if Obama´s foreign or domestic policies are the worse right now.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Teleologicus, 2/3/2013 7:50:27 AM (No. 9155386)
If Leftists were willing to extend the same respect and trust to their domestic political adversaries that they invariably give to declared foreign enemies of America, there would be much smoother sailing on the political mare nostrum.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 2/3/2013 10:19:59 AM (No. 9155639)
In regards to #2´s last statement, I am beginning to think it depends on what day it is.
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