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Comrades may remember Bret McGurk as the US State Department representative dealing with ISIS, etc. He resigned when Trump announced the US troop withdrawal from Syria. Her has written an interesting article in "Foreign Affairs" about US foreign policy under Trump. McGurk complains about the complete lack of focus, lack of strategic thinking, the chaos of Trump's foreign policy. He writes that Trump "rarely consults. Never ponders. Barely resolves. Does little wisely. His is a foreign policy of chaos, not the prudence and restraint envisioned by Pompeo and demanded by a significant majority of the American people. The opportunity for those now seeking the presidency, or who are prepared to contest Trump on the merits of his foreign policy, is to capture this emerging consensus and articulate a smarter role for America abroad grounded in the true meaning of Pompeo’s triptych: “realism, restraint, and respect.” "Republicans and Democrats might even come to agree on such a formula. The United States will be far stronger if they do" In other words, Joe Biden! https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2019-06-05/american-foreign-policy-adrift John Reimann -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
