http://www.jeffersontoday.org/2009/01/14/play-by-the-rules/ Revolutionary Ideas, Contemporary Issues Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:51:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.jeffersontoday.org/2009/01/14/play-by-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-12316 John Mon, 25 May 2009 21:51:40 +0000 http://www.jeffersontoday.org/?p=358#comment-12316 Make no mistake about it, neither the Democrats nor the Republicans approach foreign policy with a \\"meddle not\\" approach. For too many years under too many administrations we have bullied the world into our way of thinking. Obama may be a bit better on foreign policy, but neither do you see him pulling out of nations where the U.S. has no business. Make no mistake about it, neither the Democrats nor the Republicans approach foreign policy with a \\"meddle not\\" approach. For too many years under too many administrations we have bullied the world into our way of thinking. Obama may be a bit better on foreign policy, but neither do you see him pulling out of nations where the U.S. has no business.

]]> http://www.jeffersontoday.org/2009/01/14/play-by-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-10 D.Murphy Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:58:41 +0000 http://www.jeffersontoday.org/?p=358#comment-10 "America’s current unilateralist efforts to transform the Middle East by force..." What a crock! America attempts to build a coalition to protect itself and free democracies everywhere against a dictator whom all the other nations believed possessed or soon would possess nuclear weapons, and the coalition efforts are stalled because one or two European countries are engaged in covert financial arrangements to support said dictator and enrich their own businesses -- and you call that a "unilateralist" effort. America tries to rally other countries to prevent militant Islamists in Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and again efforts are blocked by Europeans who benefit from the status quo. What you want is subordination to French and German interests, and you'd no doubt call that "multilateral." “America’s current unilateralist efforts to transform the Middle East by force…”
What a crock!
America attempts to build a coalition to protect itself and free democracies everywhere against a dictator whom all the other nations believed possessed or soon would possess nuclear weapons, and the coalition efforts are stalled because one or two European countries are engaged in covert financial arrangements to support said dictator and enrich their own businesses — and you call that a “unilateralist” effort.
America tries to rally other countries to prevent militant Islamists in Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and again efforts are blocked by Europeans who benefit from the status quo.
What you want is subordination to French and German interests, and you’d no doubt call that “multilateral.”

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