Comments on: Will Katrina Response Harm U.S. Foreign Policy http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/will_katrina_response_harm_us_foreign_policy/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:17:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jimbo http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/will_katrina_response_harm_us_foreign_policy/comment-page-1/#comment-57315 jimbo Sun, 11 Sep 2005 08:04:19 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=11950#comment-57315 This is an issue for the world, really. Face it. The us will no longer be the world's police officer. Japan, China, ROK, you have the responsibility for dealing with Mad Kim. Gulf Emirates, it is your job to deal with a nuclear Iran. Europe, see how far trade or bribes or ransom will get you in dealng with thugs. Like it or not, Americans will withdraw from the world. Without any subsidies, once the price of petroleum gets high enough, the alternatives will come forth and the reasons for involvement in the hopless Arab part of the world will fade. Here comes isolationist America, and it is not entirely Bush's fault, it is the fault as well of the rest of the world. This is an issue for the world, really. Face it. The us will no longer be the world's police officer. Japan, China, ROK, you have the responsibility for dealing with Mad Kim. Gulf Emirates, it is your job to deal with a nuclear Iran. Europe, see how far trade or bribes or ransom will get you in dealng with thugs. Like it or not, Americans will withdraw from the world. Without any subsidies, once the price of petroleum gets high enough, the alternatives will come forth and the reasons for involvement in the hopless Arab part of the world will fade. Here comes isolationist America, and it is not entirely Bush's fault, it is the fault as well of the rest of the world.

]]> By: NCbob http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/will_katrina_response_harm_us_foreign_policy/comment-page-1/#comment-57296 NCbob Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:12:44 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=11950#comment-57296 I think the hurricane gives us the chance we should be looking for to get out of Iraq, and fast. We need the manpower and the money to rebuild the Gulf Coast. Everyone can clearly see that, both within the US and outside. We can just say, shucks, we wanted to "stay the course" but we have this little problem at home and we can't afford to do both at once so we have to take care of things here. If we are needed back in Iraq in a few years, we'll consider returning. TTFN. Oh, that our leaders, of either party, could grasp this simple notion and kill two birds with one stone. It is so elegant, that it just can't be possible. Or can it? Let's hope. I think the hurricane gives us the chance we should be looking for to get out of Iraq, and fast. We need the manpower and the money to rebuild the Gulf Coast. Everyone can clearly see that, both within the US and outside. We can just say, shucks, we wanted to "stay the course" but we have this little problem at home and we can't afford to do both at once so we have to take care of things here. If we are needed back in Iraq in a few years, we'll consider returning. TTFN.

Oh, that our leaders, of either party, could grasp this simple notion and kill two birds with one stone.

It is so elegant, that it just can't be possible. Or can it? Let's hope.

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