The United States on Tuesday suspended military assistance to nearly 50 countries, including Colombia and six nations seeking NATO membership, because they have supported the International Criminal Court and failed to exempt Americans from possible prosecution.
The question is, have more positives than negatives been accomplished? Are we generally moving in the right direction? Have important things been done that would not have been done under a Democratic administration?
We know the country did not get in the shape it's in overnight, and we know that everything will not be corrected overnight.
We also know that many of the "safety net" type programs can't be immediately eliminated, and perhaps they will never be eliminated because at present too many people depend on them. In depth discussion of those is probably best left to threads devoted to those topics, but...
Are we on the right track, or not? Is there more good than bad, or vice versa?
And, if we're on the wrong track, what is a viable alternative?