Monday, November 4, 2013

How To Have A Successful Foreign Policy

My southern correspondent out of The Woodlands, Texas got me interested in conservative writer and talk show host, Dennis Praeger, a little over a year ago. I already knew about him because of his writings but recently The Patriot radio network was picked up in Columbus so I now have a chance to listen to his wit and wisdom on a daily basis. He said something two weeks ago that got me thinking about our foreign policy, past and current. Praeger mentioned that every time the United States liberates a nation and keeps our troops there that nation prospers. Conversely, when we pull out that nation falls to our worst enemies. For example, After World War II we sent in troops to the western part of Germany and did the same in Japan. Look at these two nations today. They are bastions of prosperity because of capitalism. In Europ it was called the Marshall Plan. Unfortunately, FDR was snookered by Joe Stalin causing the eastern bloc to suffer under communism for many years. It wasn't until the great triumvirate of Reagan, Thatcher and John Paul II allowed freedom to spread across the continent because of their determination to destroy Gorbachev's policies.  Then, after the Korean War, we did the same in South Korea. It's now a bright spot in the Far East. If you think I'm kidding check out the number of female golfers who come to this country. North Korea has one golf course. So. Korea has hundreds.
I'm assuming you're aware of what's going on in Iraq today. Two weeks ago a bomb was detonated at a wedding and 59 people died. That was only one day. Since Obama pulled our troops that country has spiraled downward into an abyss. The same things occurred in Viet Nam and Cambodia. Do you really think that when Obama pulls the troops out of Afghanistan that nation will find peace and harmony? What we're going to have is the same dismal future we have in Iraq; dead Americans who were the victims of politics. Isn't that the way it always happens?

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