Comment Re:Major Flaw (Score 1) 670
Some people will be driven to the insurgency regardless of what we do in the Middle East and across the globe, but we must take whatever steps possible (and reasonable) to limit the number of people who join the insurgency.
Has it ever occurred to anyone that the best way to do this would be by implementing a foreign policy that doesn't make so many people so angry with us in the first place? Let me throw out a couple of ideas:
1) Don't start wars against countries who have not threatened or attacked you or your allies.
2) Stop supporting groups that constitute oppressive, totalitarian regimes, just because they don't like someone whom you also don't like.
3) Participate in global efforts to address global problems. Think Kyoto.
4) Generally speaking, try to take the high ground, diplomatically and militarily, if at all possible, when dealing with your friends and enemies.
I think we'd be amazed at a) how many fewer people actively hate us, and b) how many people/countries would support us in our efforts to contain or repel the efforts of the people who still do. A little integrity goes a long way.
Has it ever occurred to anyone that the best way to do this would be by implementing a foreign policy that doesn't make so many people so angry with us in the first place? Let me throw out a couple of ideas:
1) Don't start wars against countries who have not threatened or attacked you or your allies.
2) Stop supporting groups that constitute oppressive, totalitarian regimes, just because they don't like someone whom you also don't like.
3) Participate in global efforts to address global problems. Think Kyoto.
4) Generally speaking, try to take the high ground, diplomatically and militarily, if at all possible, when dealing with your friends and enemies.
I think we'd be amazed at a) how many fewer people actively hate us, and b) how many people/countries would support us in our efforts to contain or repel the efforts of the people who still do. A little integrity goes a long way.
