Foreign Policy of Fools - Part 2

The Foreign Policy of Fools!

(Part 2)

By Leon Howard

I have gotten some “flack” for my last Blog, saying that I am blaming the United States for the attack on 9-11 … I guess I will have to speak a little slower for those who have bought into our “foreign policy” nightmare:

Our foreign policy, the foreign policy both parties have foisted on the American People since WWII, has never gained peace but it has gained us a lot of enemies and cost the lives of over 100,000 of our finest and bravest young men and women in United Nations “police actions”! Not “war”! The difference? Ah, one of the misconceptions our non-representing representatives, senators, and presidents gloss over to keep our foreign policy thriving! We have always entered a war after we were attacked; the Congress passed a formal Declaration of War; we fought those wars with every weapon we needed to win the war – We always fought to win! And then we came home!

Osama bin Laden and Al Qaida were responsible for the attacks on the United States on 9-11, nobody else! Our own CIA trained this vile piece of feces and he turned on us because he doesn’t believe as we do and he wanted us out of their affairs! He was wrong; now he’s dead wrong! His course should have been to petition his government to stop accepting U.S. Foreign Aid so we had no economic hold on them and, if his government refused to listen, attack his own government to create a true sovereign nation.

Our response to the attacks should have been to issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal against Osama bin Laden and other members of Al Qaida and have them hunted down and killed as Osama was 10 years later! Had we done it properly, Osama would have been killed sooner and we wouldn’t be fighting the same “war” 10 years later at the cost of thousands of lives!

Why did we invade Afghanistan? Because they wouldn’t hand over Osama? Maybe they were more afraid of what he could do to them than they were afraid of us – Ya think? So, we became the “invaders” and were resented by the Afghanis; can we blame them? We represented a life style completely foreign to them – What made us think they wanted it? Just because we believe in liberty doesn’t mean everybody else does – So what did we do? We forced the Taliban out of power, creating even more enemies, and the Afghanis look at us like we are the “Great Satan” their “leadership” has been warning them of – Who would you believe? The army invading their homeland or the abusive government they are used to? It’s a “no-brainer” folks!

This wasn’t foolish enough; Mr. Bush, with the approval of the neo-cons in Congress authorized the invasion of another sovereign nation – Iraq! Why? Were the Al Qaida in Iraq? No! Somehow, the reports that Saddam Hussein had “weapons of mass destruction” that he had, at one time, used against his own Kurdish citizens was all the excuse they needed to authorize invading Iraq and deposing Saddam. Iraq’s internal affairs are none of our business; that is the business of the Iraqi People and Iraq’s neighbors and we are not from the neighborhood!

Our foreign policy is now the policy of the United Nations agenda; we have ‘volunteered’ to be the “policeman of the world” and we engage ‘enemies of the New World Order’! We now engage in deadly battles, lasting for years (in some cases), so the diplomats gain negotiate a “peace” and concessions from these bad governments. We send our military into “harm’s way” to protect the agenda of the elites who believe they are destined to rule the world!

To understand how misguided and foolish out foreign policy is, you must first distinguish between military spending (budget) and defense spending (budget) because they are not the same thing! The other aspect you must consider is defensive and offensive stances and I will address that first: This nation’s “foreign policy” is offensive in design; not defensive! It is offensive because we are not defending from attack on our soil; we are “defending” the New World Order and that is not our responsibility by our Constitution! Our “leadership” uses any excuse to involve us in protecting people of other nations, even though it does nothing to protect the People of the United States! Oh, they use such lame terms as “… it is in our own best interests … ”; “ … this will prevent a larger conflict … ”; “ … the people of (name any nation) need our assistance to protect them from (name any other nation) … ” Balderdash!! These are all lies the elites have used to convince us we need to “save” the world from … ? Only the Shadow knows! (the shadow government: Council on Foreign Relations CFR, Project for the New American Century, Foreign Policy Association, the Stanley Foundation, A Look at Foreign Policy Issues, Atlantic Council of the United States, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Foreign Policy Research Institute, American Foreign Policy Council, the list of organizations goes on and on!) I call them the “shadow government” because they’re the ‘advisors’ our Presidents and Congress use to direct foreign policy and the People have no input on!

When I stated we need to close down all the military bases overseas, I got folks angry! “We need to be there!” they say. When I asked, “Why? Why do we need bases in 135 sovereign nations?” I got the answers I expected – “Talking Points” used by our “leaders” in government, the “talking-heads” in the media, and our “diplomats”: “ … to protect our interests …”, “ … Our commitments to NATO …”, “ … so we don’t have to fight here …”, blah, blah, blah, blah! Again: Balderdash!!

I especially like: “ … so we don’t have to fight here …” Now there is some real stupidity being voiced and I have heard it before; my reaction is the same today as it was 15 years ago: “Who has the capability to attack us here?” Please don’t be confused by that simple question; I am not talking about 19 Islamic jihadists using commercial airlines to attack 3 buildings here, that could happen again with or without 1070 military bases in 135 nations! The “who” in the question is “what nation” has the capability? I can think of four (4): Canada, Great Britain, France, and Russia. None of our overseas military bases are in Russia and I don’t think France, Great Britain, or Canada want to destroy or conquer us … We have 1070 bases overseas to protect us from Russia? Remember, our military defense is for the defense of the United States, otherwise we have an offensive posture and that is not Constitutional!

The next thing I hear is, “You are naïve; the world is more dangerous today than it was before WWII.” To which, I will respond, “The world has always been dangerous and as long as the People of other nations choose to be slaves to their government and put up with despots, it will continue to be dangerous!”

I have a questions for the neo-cons: If putting our military into all the conflicts is to make the world ‘safer’, why are we still having to fight in all corners of the world? The only period of relative ‘peace’ since WWII, is the years between Viet Nam and Desert Storm – 1975 to 1990 – 15 years! 15 out of 40 – Boy, that makes me all warm & fuzzy!

WWII was “the war to end all wars …” except from 1950 to 1975 and then from 1990 to today! Wow! Those negotiations have gone so well and we have conquered all the dictators and despots and now everybody is living in harmony, peace and brotherhood – Oh, they’re not? How effective has this offensive foreign policy been then? Not very and it’s unconstitutional! It is still the foreign policy of fools!

If you question the intelligence of defense decisions, think about this: Our gutless Congress couldn’t make the ‘tough decisions’ to cut spending, so they passed the ball off to a “Super Committee”, denying the very responsibility of passing the federal government budget – Both actions are, not only irresponsible, but unconstitutional! And this “Super Committee” was a dismal failure from the beginning! Surprise, surprise!!

So, because of their gutless nature, each department is suffering budget cuts equally – Well, that sounds fair – Until you analyze that National Defense is being cut as deeply as Welfare! That’s right, Mr. Leon Panetta, another Beltway Insider, Secretary of Defense, must submit a budget plan that cuts spending $546 Billion for this next fiscal year. Now, I will admit Mr. Panetta is dumber than the average idiot in the Beltway but he believes in the foreign policy of fools – He is proposing a cut in active duty Marines and Army of 90,000! (The last time I checked, these idiots had our military in 3 “wars” with Afghanistan requiring 89,000 troops! – Just think’n … ) and wants to close a few military bases in the United States! – Huh!!

No mention at all of closing some of the 1070 bases in other countries – Close bases here! I am sorry – Anybody who agrees with that is an absolute idiot! No cuts in Military Spending; only cuts in Defense Spending! I am with Dr. Paul, especially on this issue: Cut Military Spending – Expand, somewhat, Defense Spending! Close military bases overseas, no more $1 Billion embassies in Iraq or anywhere else! We could cut a $ Trillion from Military Spending and not effect Defense Spending at all!! Close bases overseas and open a few back up in the United States for Defense!!

It ain’t rocket science, folks! It’s common sense and the foreign policy of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Neither one of them were idiots or fools!