Posted on 09/03/2021 7:09:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Joe Biden on Tuesday night said that concluding the war in Afghanistan marked the end of the era of America “remaking” nations.
The President indicated a retreat in the United States’ role as the world’s policeman, suggesting he would only intervene in future if there were clear goals and a fundamental national interest for the US.
In comments that will be of concern to allies, Mr. Biden said he was overhauling US foreign policy, and appeared to move away from engagement in the world.
He said: “As we turn the page on the foreign policy that has guided our nation for the last two decades we have got to learn from our mistakes. To me, there are two that are paramount. First, we set missions with clear, achievable goals, not ones we will never reach. And, second, we will stay clearly focused on the fundamental national security interest of the United States of America.”
Many of the US interventions since the Second World War would arguably have failed Mr. Biden’s tests, including in Vietnam, Libya, Iraq and Somalia.
His position marked a departure from American foreign policy since 1945 and struck a warning for allies reliant on US help. …
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Someone is going to be.
Right now, it’s looking like China.
So Joe, Afghanistan stable for 18 months and not being a home base for terrorism for 20 years since 9/11 is not in the national interest? Got it.
That does not bode well.
Yeah from the same Biden who ordered new airstrikes in Syria this spring
Someone is going to be.
Hopefully not the United States.
China is going to fill the power vacuum. Might as well.
He thinks he can “intervene” in world affairs? LOL! decrepit idiot whose megalomania outbursts are going to get the US turned into a parking lot.
I wonder what his definition of that is? Maybe overthrowing our allies, or helping terrorists with billions of dollars of weapons? Those national interests?
Not the worlds policeman? Yeah. I don’t know of very many policeman who would run away from innocent people leaving them at the hands of murderous enemies.
Bidet has turned the US into the world’s patsy.
He’s right. The US has now just a doddering old fool whom 4th anyone can just come by and rip off for anything they want.
Just go to any Dem-run city and you might find some . . .
Who do you think is qualified for the job, and won’t be against the USA at every turn?
Who do you think is qualified for the job, and won’t be against the USA at every turn?
I’m fine with whoever you think, as long as it isn’t the United States.
Oh that’s so very true. What was I thinking?
“... clear goals and a fundamental national interest for the US.”
Wasn’t keeping the filthy Islamist bastards out the the USA a “clear goal and a fundamental national interest”?
It was said many times it is better to fight them on THEIR home turf rather than ours.
In the coming years, they will hit us harder than 9/11 and we will go back in to wipe out the viper’s nest once again.
This is a PERPETUAL war declared on us by the islamist enemy. The war is not over by any stretch of the imagination. It will be coming here in short order, especially because the top military brass are focused on woke bullshit and rooting out WHITE MAN wherever he is found.
So you’d be fine with Red China?
Try to think of a world policeman that would not abuse that power, and does not hate the USA. I cannot think of any.
Yep, “Fundamental Transaction” has occurred in Obama World...
The only one I can think of is God, frankly.
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