Posted on 04/28/2016 11:17:56 AM PDT by SteveH
Donald Trump gave an amazing speech about his approach to US foreign policy on Wednesday, at least according to Donald Trump. At an event sponsored by the Center for the National Interest, the Republican presidential frontrunner delivered a 5,000-word speech touching on his criticisms of the Obama administration’s approach to national security, the need to whip US allies into shape, and promised that he alone can restore what he described as the lost standing of the US in world affairs.
A Trump foreign policy would eschew “nation building” but would still somehow promote stability worldwide. It would teach our allies to trust us again, even while making a point of behaving “unpredictably.” It would teach the US military to “fight to win,” as opposed to...whatever it is he thinks the military does now.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
Meanwhile, Obama could “deliver” a foreign policy speech by simply standing there reading the instruction page for an Ikea table kit and the media would be gushing endlessly about what a brilliant speech he gave and how he’s the best leader the world’s seen since Ghengis Khan.
“And where have these “experts” gotten us the last 25 years???”
Amen!!!
America weaker, that is where these experts have gotten us and they like it like that.
Amazing how a speech full of common sense solutions can so confound the “experts”.
There are people on FR that I would trust way more than Henry Kissinger or Colon Powell.
“And where have these “experts” gotten us the last 25 years???”
Exactly! What ‘experts’ are these, and what is their track record? ‘Experts’ gave us a nuclear North Korea, a destabilized Middle East, have IMHO squandered many of the successes of the cold war, and have potentially put us on the path to a nuclear Iran. Maybe they should all pick a different occupation.
Has collaborated with Woodward on a book.
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A hard leftie who contributes to hard left toilet paper.
Why would you post anything this jerk has to say? Are the anti-Trump Republicans SO threatened that they are embracing the hard left?
I think the “experts” have been puzzled or appalled since Trump announced that he was running for president.
I found it very straight forward and easy to understand.
Unlike the butt wipes (Lawyers / media / political class)that would prefer to talk down to the public because they believe they know what’s right for us.
What it does now is give ISIS a one hour heads up before it starts bombing them. And that's not fighting to win.
Much of America’s ‘intelligencia ‘ have been dummed down , or whimped down , by these years of poor leadership . First HW Bush with his ‘kinder-gentler’ ‘ a thousand points of light ‘ BS , followed by Clinton’s foreign policy malfeasance and failures , followed by W’s “ Islam is a religion of peace “ crappola , followed by Obama’s ROE’s and NSC political ( female) advisory debacles and his general inclinations to cowardice and feckless ambivalence..... We have forgotten what an American leader with balls looks like . Trump has much to learn and the curve is swift , but he seems to be stepping up ok . I would like to see him select much better military affairs advisory than it appears he is so far getting . I plead with his campaign to select former LTG Michael Flynn to be one of those advisors . Jim Conway would be another good ally . There are many . But the bottom line is : America needs to be led by warriors ( or those with a warriors mindset) NOT by lawyers ....Enough with the stinking civilian lawyers . Bayonet !
Rob Garver reminds me that there are seven idiot program directors who fired Rush Limbaugh.
I’m sure they had good reasons < /s>
I think his article makes a good indicator of what the people in power think of trump and his policies and politics. imho that is valid and valuable information to know. sorry to have offended you by posting an excerpt of it.
The USSR Tried to spread Communism—to build states in their image—it failed. We also tried to make states two party democracies with rights for women—it to is failing. Nations need to find their own way—evolve their own form of rule even if its one we do not like. France is a democracy but nothing like ours or Englands so to Italy.
What’s sad is that they don’t realize that it was a
success with the American people, and that is what matters.
I liked
No Nationbuilding
America First
Europe and Asia pay your agreed share or be gone
No mention of forcing Israel to keep making concessions or financing Hamas and PLO any more.
I would have added that UN is a disgrace and should be disbanded
Most all the time in a political discussion when the word “expert” comes up, I cringe....
Since “experts” are generally either stupid or bought and paid for, this is probably a good thing.
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Lawyers like to say when the facts are on your side, use the facts. When the facts aren’t on your side, use experts.
No, these are the foreign policy “experts” that cycle repeatedly from places like Harvard’s Kennedy School (which I attended) to the National Security Council Staff and back again. Most of them have never DONE anything. They read, write and pontificate, but, on the subject of actual intelligence and operations, they’re generally clueless.
One would think “experts” would be qualified by their successes.
Apparently, cognoscenti consensus is good enough for you....
And, of course, those of us with even a modicum of common sense, understand that it is totally counter-productive. It is an insult to every people who value their ancestors historic struggle to develop cultures that reflect the unique qualities & achievements of their respective people. The passage you quote absolutely demonstrates the functional inability to understand cause and effect that undermines the pontifications of so many of our journalists.
It's not that we doubt the intelligence of the official "policy experts". It's that we doubt that what they say is designed to promote the welfare and safety of the common American people, rather than the elites who hire them.
We don't doubt their ability, we doubt their honesty.
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