Posted on Aug 26, 2019
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In looking into the failures of foreign policy and armed conflict since WWII I have found a number of cases where disruptions to either strategic interests and foreign policy caused by policy or strategic interests has resulted in some future armed conflict.
One possible example of this is the approach that the Obama administration took in regards to Iran and Hezbollah. The DEA and other intelligence agencies proved that Hezbollah and Iran were engaged in illegal activities in order to fund their terrorists activities. However Obama and his counterterrorism adviser appear to have been lockstep in their own approach to Hezbollah and even more troubling Iran's nuclear ambitions. I fear this subtle misalignment may in turn end up being the source of some armed conflict down the road. Maybe a nuclear arms race within the Middle East or nuclear proliferation via Hezbollah.
Is our foreign policy the cure or the disease in regards to armed conflict?
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opensecurity/conflict-horizon/
https://www.cfr.org/interactive/global-conflict-tracker/?category=us
One possible example of this is the approach that the Obama administration took in regards to Iran and Hezbollah. The DEA and other intelligence agencies proved that Hezbollah and Iran were engaged in illegal activities in order to fund their terrorists activities. However Obama and his counterterrorism adviser appear to have been lockstep in their own approach to Hezbollah and even more troubling Iran's nuclear ambitions. I fear this subtle misalignment may in turn end up being the source of some armed conflict down the road. Maybe a nuclear arms race within the Middle East or nuclear proliferation via Hezbollah.
Is our foreign policy the cure or the disease in regards to armed conflict?
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opensecurity/conflict-horizon/
https://www.cfr.org/interactive/global-conflict-tracker/?category=us
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We are starting to grasp China's imperial powers through diplomacy, economics, and military. They often give loans to poor countries which can't pay back, thus resulting in further rights in those countries. China has leased 40 ports globally which further enhances economics and possibly future military operations. In WWII one of the US Military's early goals was the defense of Australia. Now the Australians have invited China to use one of its ports.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
SSgt (Join to see) - I wonder if our deficit spending will hurt us in regards to the military.
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SPC David S. - of course. Minor players, but pawns of the larger two, to be sure.
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MAJ Ken Landgren - Very good chance. The only silver lining there is the country that owns the majority of our debt cannot survive without us, so they're in a Catch-22 situation, which is what this trade war is showing them.
However, heard a good segment on radio today that we must be careful not to humiliate/insult them too much. We humiliated Japan at the end of WWI - when they helped us defeat the AXIS powers and gave them nothing in return, even though Britain warned Wilson not to do that. Look what that got us 30 years later.
However, heard a good segment on radio today that we must be careful not to humiliate/insult them too much. We humiliated Japan at the end of WWI - when they helped us defeat the AXIS powers and gave them nothing in return, even though Britain warned Wilson not to do that. Look what that got us 30 years later.
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W/O a doubt geopolitical issues ripple across the globe. Much of it involves the quest for valued assets: power, prestige andproperty.
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