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| How the Elites Blew Up the World |
| 2016-10-26 |
| By Laura Ingraham [Lifezette] Armed with this false premise, U.S. foreign policymakers on both sides of the aisle made a serious of disastrous blunders. "We should be more than worried. Neither America nor the world can afford a lurch into Trumpian isolationism," wrote Philip Stevens in the Financial Times on Sept. 21. Everyone from The New York Times to Hillary Clinton herself touted the letter signed by 50 former GOP officials in August, stating their opposition to Donald Trump’s candidacy. Among other things, the group contended that Trump has little knowledge regarding America’s "vital national interests, its complex diplomatic challenges, its indispensable alliances and the democratic values" that should undergird our foreign policy. There is no end to their handwringing and alarmism over the supposed damage a President Trump would do to the United States. The so-called "mainstream" press -- which WikiLeaks has revealed to be little more than a Hillary super PAC -- is full of stories about how Trump presents a threat to the "world order" that has purportedly governed foreign affairs since the end of World War II. But the truth is that the "world order" in question exists only in the minds of those pundits who aren’t paying attention to life on this planet. The entire concept of a continuous, stable, and peaceful "world order" that goes back to 1945 would come as a shock to the many Americans who lost friends and loved ones on battlefields in Korea, Vietnam, and countless other places during that period. The reality of the situation is that between 1945 and 1990, the United States faced very severe challenges -- not only to any type of "world order," but to its very freedom. Some presidents -- like Reagan and Eisenhower -- dealt with those challenges successfully, helping Americans to enjoy brief periods of peace and prosperity. Others -- like Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter -- failed to meet the foreign policy challenges of their time, and left a more dangerous world to their successors. The whole notion that the world simply ran on autopilot, and that U.S. policymakers had few critical decisions to make, is simply wrong. They believed that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would promote better relations in North America, and reduce concerns over illegal immigration. They were wrong. Instead, illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States surged, while relations between all three NAFTA countries have generally deteriorated. By 2008, even Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were calling for NAFTA to be re-negotiated -- but of course, that was just another empty promise. They believed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) would serve as a bastion of support for market economies, and would encourage countries like Japan to give up their mercantilist practices. They were wrong. They believed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) would serve as a bastion of support for market economies, and would encourage countries like Japan to give up their mercantilist practices. They were wrong. They believed that a weakened Russia could do little to challenge the West. They were wrong. They believed that spreading democracy in the Middle East would lead to more stable and peaceful governments in that part of the world. They were wrong. They believed that cramming most of the historic nations of Europe into a single union with a shared currency would lead to peace and prosperity. They were wrong. They believed that Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, was a force of calm and stability within the Western alliance. They were wrong. They believed that as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton -- a donor-controlled hack who may be the least persuasive person ever to hold high public office in this country -- could help resolve the significant foreign policy problems that were already becoming obvious by 2009. Instead, she failed at that job, and the world is now less stable and more dangerous than when she went to Foggy Bottom. In short, by almost any measure, the United States is weaker than it was during the afterglow of the Cold War -- while China, our chief geopolitical adversary, has gotten much stronger. This decline was not inevitable -- certainly no major U.S. policymakers predicted it. Instead, it is the result of a series of foolish mistakes that have consistently undermined our position while making life easier for our enemies. At this point, it should be obvious that the "world order" for which our elites pine has gone the way of the flip phone and other artifacts from the 1990s. For most Americans, the global economy has become a nightmare from which they are trying to escape. Read the entire article by Laura Ingraham. Worth the read. A good summary of the globalists policy disasters that let the U.S. down the path to where we are today. |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #5 the left has tried to paint America Great again is some idiotic return to slavery. For them slavery (with them as philosopher king on top) IS great. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-26 14:46 |
| #4 At this point, it should be obvious that the "world order" for which our elites pine has gone the way of the flip phone... Ha - I still have mine - works great! |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-10-26 14:42 |
| #3 Trump should specify when he says "Make America Great again" me means to the point when the wall fell, before the Bush's, Clinton's, and Obama's fumbled the hard won victory and made the world worse and themselves super-wealthy. He's hinted at that but not been specific enough so that the left has tried to paint America Great again is some idiotic return to slavery. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-10-26 13:27 |
| #2 The eyesight and editing skills suffer with age. A good summary of the P2K, Ingraham does "allude" to Washington granting China "most favored nation" status. We'd better watch out or we will get the TTP. The treaty does not seem to be available to read much like ObamaCare--you have to pass it to read it. It cannot be good for American industry and workers judging from past deals. IMO Trump is right about this. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-26 11:09 |
| #1 How about the globalists who promoted China's integration into the world market. How has that stabilized relations in East Asia? Made them wealthy at the expense of the American working class (who you still call upon to give up their sons to die for your power) and created a strategic threat intent on 'Making China Great Again' with territorial ambitions. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-26 09:14 |