Stlkofta said:Biden is not getting a pass on this or any of his other foreign policy failures with the claim "they all do it."infinity ag said:Stlkofta said:
Surrendering to the Taliban.
Paying tribute to Iran.
Funding Hamas….from Day One.
This the worst foreign policy POTUS we have ever had and it isn't close.
Well, admit it. All Presidents, both D and R have done things like this. We funded terrorism in Pakistan as well as long as it did not touch us.
On the economic front, we built up China until they became the global menace they are today.
Even Obama didn't surrender to the Taliban.
With regard to Pakistan, you sometimes have to deal with a slime nation in order to advance overall foreign policy goals. Pakistan was essential to the planning and development of Afghanistan operations and could have been a far bigger issue for us and our assets in that country.
Saudi Arabia aren't princes amongst nations and we all know that. But as a counter to Iran, who is a far more dangerous nation to American foreign policy interests, the Saudis have to be in our equation warts and all.
What was the foreign policy benefit to funding Hamas? What was the foreign policy benefit of funding Iran under Obama and now Biden?
As far as the CCP, only one President authorized the mass transfer of technology allowing the Chinese to be where they are today. That was a Democrat as well. After Nixon, the interest was primarily in opening China to American overseas business with an eye towards countering the Soviets in the Cold War era. In other words, that market-oriented interest represented a return to an American foreign policy goal that existed from the very founding of our nation.
I am not saying that Biden should get a pass. I am just putting things in context to say that nothing is really new. All our Presidents have done similar things while talking high and mighty.
There are ALWAYS excuses one can give for moral transgressions. Like the cheating wife whose excuse is "but but he did not give me any attention". Sorry, not acceptable. Either you are morally upright or you aren't. No excuse for funding terrorist nations at all.