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Originally Posted by SukuWatalu
 Dear Brother Oz,
Well said! At last we have somebody admitting the inconsistency of U.S. foreign policy! That's why sometimes even a friendly country or an ally could accuse the U.S. of meddling in its internal affairs.
With such inconsistency, it is difficult for the U.S. leadership to accomplish anything with other countries. For instance, in the APEC meeting, Bush can shake hands and reach agreement with Hu after a lengthy "frank and friendly" discussion, but by the next day all agreements with the Chinese leader can be overturned even by his own party. |
Now if we can at least have someone who does not ask stupid questions to defend their argument! "
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In any case, the question is not the consistency or inconsistency of US foreign policy but of the homogoneity or mixture of foreign policies advocated by different US public officials. Where your argument fails, is that it treats the US government as one person, when the major actors who determine US foreign policy actually number 536! So 536 people who have different foreign policies is not inconsistent, it is not HOMOGENOUS. Applying common sense, we should not expect any free society to be composed of 536 national representative who have the same opinion. Really, your criticism of US foreign policy appears to be little more than an attempt to discredit the concept of democracy because you believe in Chinese authoritarianism and concentrate mostly in advancing Chinese nationalism.
I'm sorry that you feel the Chinese people are not intelligent enough to govern themselves. I disagree with that.
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