US foreign policy needs realism.
Americans can't go on protecting the world without economic self-sufficiency, and national unity.
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meJess · F
Or understanding that the rest of the world does things differently
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@meJess That is actually a big part of the basis for the realist school of thought on foreign policy.
meJess · F
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow sometimes people don’t want foreign protection and that creates unseen consequences
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@meJess Even the assumption that it is "protection" is based on propaganda, not reality. That claim is and always has been a pretext or propaganda to justify completely selfish goals.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@meJess [quote] Or understanding that the rest of the world does things differently [/quote]
As individual Americans, our understanding of other cultures is not the same as that of US government policy makers who are driven by the national interest. Theirs is a totally different perspective. The US as a nation has alienated itself from the people similar to the story of The Animal Farm.
As individual Americans, our understanding of other cultures is not the same as that of US government policy makers who are driven by the national interest. Theirs is a totally different perspective. The US as a nation has alienated itself from the people similar to the story of The Animal Farm.