The "experience" thing


Playing the diplomacy game

"Foreign policy experience" doesn't match the hype. It depends on if the experts know what they are talking about.

After Yassir Arafat ordered the assassination of a U.S. Ambassador, it meant looking the other way.

It meant overlooking tyranny in Iran until the American Embassy was seized.

It meant playing one dictator against another in the Middle East.

It meant running intelligence operations in Lebanon so when the embassy there was bombed, the U.S. could not retaliate.

It meant "overlooking" terrorist incident after terrorist incident, or trying to shoehorn domestic law to cover acts of war.

No, I am not happy that McCain wants to go more confrontational.

But Obama's "change we can believe in" means that the U.S. goes back to being a doormat for anyone who makes threatening noises.

Neither has the answer.

It's simple really. You're nice until they're not nice to you. Then you are ruthless until they earn your trust back. Meanwhile, you protect your honor as if your life depended on it. No power games to "contain" the rogue states. Live by the same rules you demand.

No other experience is needed.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - September 2, 2008 at 04:15 PM  Tag


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