I was a true admirer of American political system. The check and balance system, the political stability, the democratic freedom and the economic prosperity gave me the assumption of a utopian society (or at least a society at its best). I come from a society where human right is a myth, political stability is very weak and economic independency seems to be unattainable dream. So it must have been obvious for me to be mesmerized by this American BLING BLING.
But, now I am starting to realize that there is something rotten in American politics. That is why American foreign policy really stinks. Let me start out with the war on terror. When I analyze war on terror, they do not add up with the security of American people at all. How much are Americans safer now can be debated. The American war on terror (or you could say Bush’s war on terror) has done nothing but revitalized Islamic extremists. Not to mention the first generation of Islamic extremists were created by covert funding of money and weapons by CIA. Islamic extremists are powerful than ever. Recent example of Israel-Hezbollah war proves this statement. Not only have these extremists have been able to organize in a state level (Hezbollah and Hamas) post 9/11, they have also been able to mutate themselves into fragments. It seems like they can infiltrate any security system. Madrid and London bombings remind us of this fearful fact. Thanks to American foreign policy.
Iraq war, I am trying really hard to find any possible justification but in vain. Suspicion of Saddam having weapons of mass destruction does not add up at all. If you dig up the stories of Valerie Plame and how she was revealed as CIA operative to defame the credentials of her husband Joseph Wilson’s finding’s that Iraq did not have WMD, you pretty much reach to a conclusion that Bush administration had prior knowledge of absence of WMD in Iraq. Anyways, they decided to forward this agenda to rally support. Saddam’s ties with Al Qaeda, anyone with little knowledge in politics will find it absurd. Ok, Saddam did kill thousands of Kurds. But we have to remember that United Stated is equally responsible for this genocide. During Iraq-Iran war, US covertly (which now has become an open truth) supplied Saddam with biological and chemical weapons. He later used them to suppress Kurd uprising.
North Korea’s recent nuclear test and Iran’s eagerness in nuclear pursuit can be credited to great American foreign policy. United States’ bullying foreign is pushing nations to nuclear armament. Attack on Iraq must have been real eye opener for North Korea and Iran. Not to mention United States hypocritical policy regarding Israel has made it justifiable for these nations to go nuclear.
I can go on and on about other stinking American foreign policies but let me get to my point. At first I thought these policies were benefiting American people. I thought American governments were subsidizing American lives and rest of the world was paying for it. But it was a very naïve judgment. Americans have not gained anything. The only beneficiaries are the big corporations (mostly oil corporations). Not only the rest of the world but Americans also are paying with their lives to fill the deep pockets of these corporations. At this point, I believe that these corporations are pulling the strings of American politics. And that is so rotten about American politics.
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I totally agree with you.If bush's foregn policy continue entire americans will be hated by world

So you have just realized that now. I realized that Bush was an idiot already in 1 election campean. I already knew that American citizens were dumb, but they proved me correct "BIG TIME" when they again voted him.

Same as Nepal, we all know that these were the politicians who created Maoist, and now we have the same administration in our own country.

Are we also Idiots???

Bush's foreign policy, esp Mid East policy, has been a disaster by almost any measure. I can only hope the least he does before he leaves office is push the Israelis and Palestinians towards meaningful and productive negotiations. Otherwise his foreign policy legacy will probably be one of scars and blemishes only.

yea i think USA should have waited until a much bigger attack, give more land to the palistenians and some economic support to the Taliban government so that they could be more efficient. and then if that would not have worked than only go to war through UN resolutions. this is utterly arrogance.
lets see if the democratic congress majority will make a diference on appeasing the middle east and de-radicalizing the hizbullah, irani mullah and hamas and the likes. kiss their asses really good so that they will not attack israel and othe US allies and US itself.

What I am trying to establish here is the dirty relationship between American politics and corporations and the resulting foreign policies that has been ongoing for decades. Yes, I agree when you say Bush has killed more people than Saddam and Polpot combined and he should have been standing alongside Saddam during the tribunal. But I also believe that he is just a follow up. His administration and policies resemble nothing more than Regan’s and his father’s administrations and their policies. And if you really dig through you will find that it goes deeper. Henry Kissinger has been very much influential in American foreign policy. I like to entitle him as father of power politics. If you carefully analyze his philosophies and their implications, they serve few ‘haves’ and he uses foreign policy as the main tool.
I am diverting from the main issue here. Wel,l let me get back to my point.Yes, I believe in free market but I also believe that multinational corporations are mutated form of free market. And the way in which American government is turning into puppet of these corporations is really rotten. One might say that I am going too far when I make these accusations. But once you get out of the box and clear your head off clouded judgments installed by corporate Medias, I think relationship between American politics and corporations becomes crystal clear.
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ha ha ha