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Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust
April 9, 2014
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry couldnt hide his frustration anymore as the U.S.-sponsored peace process continued to falter.
After eight months of wrangling to push talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority forward, he admitted while in a visit to Morocco on April 4 that the latest setback had served as a "reality check" for the peace process. But confining that reality check to the peace process is hardly representative of the painful reality through which the United States has been forced to subsist in during the last few years.
The state of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, but also around the world, cannot be described with any buoyant language. In some instances, as in Syria, Libya, Egypt, the Ukraine, and most recently in Palestine and Israel, too many calamitous scenarios have exposed the fault lines of U.S. foreign policy. The succession of crises is not allowing the United States to cut its losses in the Middle East and stage a calculated pivot to Asia following its disastrous Iraq war.
U.S. foreign policy is almost entirely crippled.
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Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Economically, the collapse of our own empire will equal or exceed the 2007-2008 economic collapse, but we will survive, most likely.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)If our empire is not around to keep it safe and send it money, what will Israel do?
Kerry is trying to save a drowning country, but like trying to save a drowning man, the drowning man will drown you if you are not careful. Kerry may just need to tell Israel they are on their own.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)They have also signed agreements with China.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-03/israel-signs-cooperation-agreement-with-china.html
They will do just fine without the US.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)China and India, eh? Fine by me.
It will be a good day when Israel tells the US to go away and stay away, and here, here's your money back. I could use some cash back.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)It won't matter what is happening in the rest of the world.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)The whole economy is a house of cards. Heck, Israel is dependent on the US.
When empire ends, we will be fine. We have lands, resources and we have Liberals who are gaining power so that our government will be good.
It is a bright future once we get out of the Middle East.