Posted on 03/11/2010 10:20:17 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
It was very striking, for example, that the article recounted the experience of a young State Department FSO who was pushing the idea of engaging with "non-governmental power centers in Pakistan" while Clinton expressed skepticism. The story has a happy ending as the FSO was promoted, but the fact that the Sec State didn't agree about the importance of this issue is surprising. At a time when non-state actors are rising in importance
The essence of UN lobal governance is using NGO agents of an international financial elite to manage a planet of dependents. It may look benevolent, but it is anti-freedom.
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Shows us Obama’s priorities.
He has power and is wielding it as fast as he can. No matter, the people do not want, desire, agree, or accept his ideas.
Tyranny. Clear and simple.
God help us in our day, in Jesus name, amen.
I'm not disagreeing with you. Realism is very attractive and potentially far more economical diplomatically and fiscally than much of the post-Cold War policy. But they still got to get it right. No president inherits a clean slate and no president can ignore popular sentiment. Often there is little choice but to continue on-going solutions to real and perceived crises. Reagan and Herbert Walker Bush turned a blind eye to the transshipment of narcotics through Panama because to interdict it would just move more of the flow through Nicaragua and Cuba, benefiting them financially. In the end Panama got so corrupt public opinion encouraged Bush to intervene. South Vietnam may not have been worth saving but it was the battleground chosen to metastasize communist resources in the Western Pacific while Thailand, Indonesia, Burma, the Philippines, Malaysia, etc. strengthened themselves. In the end, the Soviets inherited just another economic basket case after expending resources that were exorbitantly expensive to replace under their dysfunctional economy. But no politician can fit any of that on a bumper sticker.
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