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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The U.S. government should protect the U.S. It can do that. It doesn’t need to be the policeman of the world.
If any American wants to help any revolution abroad, he can do that.
Obama’s poison is quite insidious. What it’s done to Democratic cities and even states is an unparalleled horror.
Goodbye Taiwan
I’m old enough to remember this being said 2 or 3 times a decade since the 60s.
America is back, baby!
More like the world’s circus.
You hit the nail on the head.
There are better ways he could have accomplished this than the way he did.
Agree with you but call me cynical. Biden is copying Trump for political reasons.
Anyone else who wants to assume the mantle of “world policeman” will use the position for imperialism and slavery. If we thought we saw bad bloodshed in the past, what they’ll do will make the past world wars look like a pin prick.
If God gave us that position particularly to maintain the peace of the world, then abdicating it is an insult to Him.
In what way is Biden copying Trump?
Don’t worry, with all the money the U.S. government will print, even without spending on wars, you will not have the problem of being in that position at some point in the future, maybe not very distant future.
Of course not. The United States is going to be policed. Such as when the Biden admin asks the Taliban permission to blow up a suspected high value ISIS target and the Taliban refuses and the Biden admin does nothing. Which actually happened.
Biden is trash. We have a congress full of trash lawyers. When I was 10-12 our Congress was mostly WWII Vets.
One thing I agree with is that the left’s spending in that vein is indeed with the intent of creating another world policeman, in the image of global Marxism. We are headed for some dark times indeed.
US not worlds policeman. Get out of unwinnable wars. Etc.
What’s an unwinnable war?
Looks like the Taliban never heard of such a thing. Are they tougher than us?
Portland, Seattle and Minneapolis come to mind.
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