Quote Originally Posted by ilikeaces86
yourfather you are looking at foreign policy through a misguided lens. The goal of foreign policy should be to promote the interests of the USA. If that means using intimidation,force.money then so be it. But history has repeatedly shown that playing nice with dictators and nut jobs does not work. All they respect is force and the threat of force. Appeasement and accommodation while usually used with good intentions leads to war while the building up of force and the threat of force usually leads to peace. This seems counter intuitive but the best way to keep the peace is from a position of power.
I completely agree, that strategy hasnt back fired on us or anything over in the middle east..

Seriously though I can see where you are coming from, but we cant just go around bullying the world forever. If we really want to get down to the essence of foreign policy, its all about resources. If we really can develop efficient, renewable, and sustainable resources then pretty much all of our foreign policy woes vanish. I know youre probably the one rolling your eyes now, but I think this is a pretty clear alternative to the bully mentality.