Realist Foreign Policy: US Isolationism Cure Against Terror
Chuck Pena, a realist in foreign policy argues, in his piece in the Washington Note, June 16, 2006, as a result of the "debacle" of the US invasion of Iraq, 'that US interventionism is a root cause of anti-American resentment in the Muslim world--which breeds hatred and becomes a stepping stone to violence, including terrorism.' He suggests, therefore, that the US 'stop meddling in the internal affairs of countries... the withdrawal of the US from the hotspots of the world...is the prudent course to take.'
This no less than a new version of the US isolationism of the past. But this is isolationism with a vengeance...
FULL ARTICLE: http://congeorgekotzabasis.blogspot.com[/b]
Chuck Pena, a realist in foreign policy argues, in his piece in the Washington Note, June 16, 2006, as a result of the "debacle" of the US invasion of Iraq, 'that US interventionism is a root cause of anti-American resentment in the Muslim world--which breeds hatred and becomes a stepping stone to violence, including terrorism.' He suggests, therefore, that the US 'stop meddling in the internal affairs of countries... the withdrawal of the US from the hotspots of the world...is the prudent course to take.'
This no less than a new version of the US isolationism of the past. But this is isolationism with a vengeance...
FULL ARTICLE: http://congeorgekotzabasis.blogspot.com[/b]