Doug Bandow, National Interest: Broken Hearts Club: 6 Allies America Needs to Divorce
It’s hard to get out of a bad relationship. The good times may be over and the once vibrant connection may be dead, but people just can’t admit that it’s time to say goodbye.
Countries have the same problem, especially the U.S. Washington has spent decades collecting allies like many people accumulate Facebook “Friends.” Virtually never, irrespective of the changed circumstances, does America drop an ally. Indeed, the less relevant the ties the more insistent U.S. officials become in demanding that the relationship be “strengthened” and “expanded.”
WNU Editor: I can add a few more countries to this list. But it is true .... having allies and building alliances is a very expensive proposition .... but when did the U.S. decide to be an empire with all of these obligations and commitments?
5 comments:
"Viktor Yushchenko to power, but he proved to be erratic, incompetent, and out of touch with his own people" Maybe so, but he had nice house, a little small but comfy.
If Viktor Yushchenko was still in power would we have the war that is raging right now? How different would the entire situation be? That is an answer that I would like to know.
WNU Editor,
Shortly after Bush II was elected, this was the position at State:
""We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
Truth be said, the concept of allies is an illusion. The only thing that is real is that countries have common interests at certain timeframes.
The odd thing it that
President Obama is acting
the conservative in foreign
matters and following
George Washington's
admonition to avoid
entangling foreign
affairs.
Why he's doing it may
be another matter.
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