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America's descent into strategic dementia
Jewish World Review ^ | March 22, 2011 | Caroline B. Glick

Posted on 03/22/2011 6:22:06 AM PDT by gogogodzilla

The US's new war against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is the latest sign of its steady regional decline. In media interviews over the weekend, US military chief Adm. Michael Mullen was hard-pressed to explain either the goal of the military strikes in Libya or their strategic rationale.

Mullen's difficulty explaining the purpose of this new war was indicative of the increasing irrationality of US foreign policy.

Traditionally, states have crafted their foreign policy to expand their wealth and bolster their national security. In this context, US foreign policy in the Middle East has traditionally been directed towards advancing three goals: Guaranteeing the free flow of inexpensive petroleum products from the Middle East to global market; strengthening regimes and governments that are in a position to advance this core US goal at the expense of US enemies; and fighting against regional forces like the pan-Arabists and the jihadists that advance a political program inherently hostile to US power.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: egypt; glick; israel; libya
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To: swarthyguy
And guess when cooperation with Daffy stopped? 2009.

Well, how about that!

21 posted on 03/22/2011 12:56:35 PM PDT by livius
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To: swarthyguy
Please check out above article from the the Australian regarding Libya’s help in nailing jihadis, FWIW.

I did. Apparently Libya is coming to kick the USA's ass. So we bombed Quadaffi into the stone age. Am I missing something here?

22 posted on 03/22/2011 1:01:11 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Quiet the Idiot)
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To: ScreamingFist

Not the original article posted but the one just above the post where I pinged you detailing Libya’s cooperation in nailing AQ jihadi types.

Apparently not much of a concern anymore.


23 posted on 03/22/2011 1:05:16 PM PDT by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes! Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -America is almost SmokFrei!)
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To: swarthyguy

mewykwistmas......also know as Ijackoffmybrother.....is taking a powder.


24 posted on 03/22/2011 1:18:29 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Quiet the Idiot)
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