Foreign Policy: Hating America

Raises some interesting points. Personally I think the myth that the U.S. can remain a 'neutral' is just silly; it never has been able to stay free from foreign entanglements. Jefferson even resigned from the Vice Presidency when the attempt to make neutrality Federal policy was decided on, and of course the results of what happened to John Jay's attempts at 'neutrality' treaties with England and France quickly disabused our leadership of that notion ever being practicable. We've done an admirable job of foreign policy as a country, even as it can be compared to the old saying about 'wrestling in the mud with pigs', and there is really no chance we can ever remain 'neutral' for long, just as there is certainly no chance the world would be 'better off' if we stayed out of the fray.

Governments and dictators, queens or emperors may try to instill hatred of America. But I think most people of the world as individuals unto themselves, love America.
We are and ever shall be a part of them and their own history, but more personally, our freedom is their hope and our melted pot of beliefs and customs is their ideal.
Especially, I know, the Chinese people admire and adore us. And it feels good knowing that. I mean, everyone likes to be loved.

Economic trends and technologies, war lords and revolutions come and go.
But when America goes, so goes the light of the world.

And it will be a long dark night till anything matches us, if indeed anything ever will.

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Consumption is indeed important in a free economy: particularly the freedom of consumers to buy their goods in unhampered markets. However, key to long-term economic growth is investment (savings), which is the opposite of consumption. Public policies that promote consumption — such as low interest rates — do so at the expense of savings. Less savings means less investments; an economy that does not save or invest will consume all of its resources and eventually end up bankrupt.-David Saied

The main problem with the article is the FACT that the ELECTIONS from ALL of those countries showed new respect and affiliation with AMERICA not less. Germany, Italy and yes even France have elected PRO-America parties and people that campaigned thusly not against as they try to claim. Those with a "hate America" stance LOST just as those in America that hate everything that is right with us are about to discover. The energy dragon is about to prove how even "stupid liberals" can actually see the truth when you beat them about the head and shoulders with it. The funny thing is that it is the "trash" that the liberals spread that the people of the world hate.

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"Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well. The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively and without self delusion---In the long run these are the only people that count."Robert Heinlein

Utter nonsense.....the reason why we're in the messes that we're in is because of the failed policies and poor judgment of this most corrupt Republican, conservative (allegedly) administration.
Liberals are hardly stupid...as most of them are intellectual, the most noted, from ivy league schools.
It's people like you, that voted Bush I and Bush II into office...and now you and everybody else has reaped the wild wind....live with your mistake. Embrace it. Own it. Admit your folly. Be at peace.

You sound like the typical liberal. "failed policies and poor judgment". No wonder you think Obama is a great orator. Empty meaningless phrases are your whole vocabulary. Phrases that someone else makes up for you. By the way Ivey League school is hardly a "character reference" because foolish one GW is the first president to have a MASTERS DEGREE not to mention that he has two one from HARVARD and one from PRINCETON. Oh yeah and by the way GW is not actually a conservative his policies have been quite liberal.

Corrupt? IN 8 years they haven't yet "caught" them at anything that they didn't manufacture themselves. Go ahead pick any topic where this "corruption" showed up and bring up what you think are the facts and I'll point out your ignorance for you.

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"Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well. The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively and without self delusion---In the long run these are the only people that count."Robert Heinlein

Caught? They insulated themselves against getting caught by the Republican Congress...stacking the Supreme Court with Right-leaning Justices sympathetic to their agendas, stacking the Dept of Justice with sympaticos...in effect, ensuring that they could get away with "literal murder", and get away with it....
The spineless Democratic leadership took impeachment off the table, because they were afraid of a dust up with Republicans, who were keen against it...but don't get your panties in a bunch behind what I'm saying....look at his standing in the polls...he's the most unpopular president since Hoover, perhaps, "ever". Damn straight, corrupt...the most corrupt.
I said it. And I represent it. And you can't recognize your own ignorance, much less that of anyone else's....I'd mind my business, if you have any.