The news coming out of Pittsburgh about catching Iran redhanded; together with Obama's decision to nix the deployment of missle defense systems in Poland and Czecho (which apparently brought Russia over to our side), finally gives us a nice clear picture of movement toward some real success in foreign policy. And I'm thinking this goes way beyond Iran. It sure looks like we've got Iran kinda bottled up now, but there's a lot more to it.
ie: We're in Afghanistan to help stabilize Pakistan. We need to keep Pakistan stable because we need to help India stay cool. We need Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (along with all the Fucked-Up-istans of the old USSR), plus Georgia and Russia; plus Japan and S Korea because...wait for it...that gives us a near-perfect circle around China.
I don't really know jackshit about foreign policy, but at least I know that it's not simple and it's not very often about common sense, and it's not about this endless crap of 'My-Dick's-Bigger-n-Your-Dick'.
Isolating the bad actors can certainly present other dangers, but this all looks pretty positive. I wonder how much credit Hillary will get for any of this.
Showing posts with label state department. Show all posts
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Sep 26, 2009
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