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Monday, October 26, 2020

Biden vs Trump foreign policy

TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY COMPARED TO 40 YEARS OF CHAOS

MEDIA IGNORES HUGE SUCCESS OF TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY 


The foreign policy of Obama/Biden was a continuing policy that seems to have been orchestrated by the entrenched bureaucrats in the U.S. State department, the CIA and the Military Industrial complex. It was not much different from the policies that were part of the Bush, Clinton, Bush 2 administrations. It was basically a policy of regime change and destabilization in many parts of the world. It created a fear and distrust by many nations that they will be next on the list of nations targeted by the United States.

After the success of Ronald Reagan's foreign policy, when we were respected and trusted by much of the world, we seem to go into a strategy of using the fact that we were the only remaining super power and use that power to destabilize and rebuild the world to our desires. This began in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then under the Obama/Biden administration we saw the United States orchestrate and support revolution in Ukraine, Syria, Egypt and Libya and interference in the Israeli and Russian elections.. Whether this was the overt plan of the Obama/Biden administration or just a lack of control of the bureaucracy we may never know, but from the language of Joe Biden he would again turn foreign policy over to the geniuses who have had this country spending its youth and treasure on endless conflicts without end. 

This destabilization resulted in the refuge disaster in Europe and in much of the world. It resulted in the death of hundreds of the thousands and the displacement of millions. It has been a colossal failure of policy.

In contrast, Donald Trump engaged the Muslim world in his first major initiative in the Saudi Arabian summit attended by most of the Arab world. It resulted in Saudi Arabia cracking down on Saudi citizens support of Sunni terrorists. This began the eliminating of support for Al Quada and other Sunni extremists.

The Trump administration then worked with the Iraqis and Kurd's and cooperated with the Syrian and Russian forces to literally destroy the ISIS caliphate. While there may be small remnants, they are few, and do not hold any territory. It is a fact that these ISIS fighters have been exterminated by the tens of thousands. This was accomplished by a climate of trust with all those who cooperated in this endeavor. 

The Trump administration, then cooperated with Turkey, Russia and Syria to begin the policy of stabilization of Syria. There is a plan to bring about a constitutional government to Syria that is supported by those nations in the region.

Trump was opposed by many in the state department and other bureaucracies for his approach, but it has been successful and those Arab countries have more trust in the United States. The fear mongering about the destruction of the Kurds and other U.S. allies has not happened.

Then there was the withdrawal from the Iran deal, considered a good deal by the Obama/Biden administration. This cut off funding for Shia terrorists in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Lebanon and North Africa. It has removed the financing of Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon and with the elimination of Iran's top foreign terrorist general and his staff, the ability of Iran to destabilize the region is severely curtailed.

In the last few months we have seen the normalization of relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and now Sudan. This is full diplomatic recognition and includes commerce and travel. It is the most significant peace development in 40 years. There are now negotiations going on between Lebanon and Israel. It is hopefully the beginning of a realignment of the whole middle East.

The United States has the fewest Troops in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan in the last 18 years. There are peace discussions now ongoing  between the Taliban and the Afghan government.

Trump has been criticized for his dealings with NATO, but he has pressured, with success, to force the NATO members to abide to there commitments for monetary support of the alliance. It is now a stronger alliance than in the past.

Trump has made overtures to North Korea and established a dialogue with Kim Jung Un. No one can expect a country with the history of North Korea to flip on a dime in their policy, but it is a better situation than before and in time may actually bear fruit.

Trump has confronted China on their unfair trade practices, theft of intellectual material, and military expansion that has most of our Asian allies living in fear. Biden has voiced that he does not consider China a threat and would likely not make changes to previous China policy. There are enormous corporate forces in this country who are willing to sacrifice american jobs and security for the opportunity to buy low priced products to sell at huge profits in this country. Biden is being financed by many of these interests.

In the last election, Trump voiced his support for improved relations with Russia, this brought about a huge push back by the entrenched bureaucracy who made it impossible for Trump to have any dialogue with this strategic country. It has set back out relationship to near a cold war result. This is the desire of many in the bureaucracy, the question is why? Hopefully in a second administration he would be allowed to stop our slide into conflict with Russia.

An objective look at the results of a Trump foreign policy and the foreign policy of the past is a no brainer. Sadly there is no objective reporting or analysis in this country, everything is about  political advantage and the reacquiring of power. It would be a very sad development to return to the policies of the past.




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