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Monday, June 25, 2007

A foreign policy for the American people

Thinking out of the box … Yes!
Thinking by all regions of America … Yes. Beyond the D.C. beltway … certainly.
A realistic appreciation of how the world has changed, and is always changing … absolutely.
Dominated by the New World in the Western Hemisphere … of course. Lowering the Old World’s domination of all things foreign, including policy … by default.

Some of the principals that come naturally are:
Takes advantage of the miracle the Old World created in the New World.
Incorporates the American personality which avoids wars, but also is willing to fight wars when need be (don’t tread on me).
Simple in concept … do the New World right thing and credibility will follow.
Inherent focus on the common people objectives and much less domination by the Old World ruling classes.
Never dogmatically applied.
Assumes the best future pattern for the whole World is that of the New World.

This last point is titanic in its implications. It is titanic in its belief that the miracles created in the New World are superior to the Old World’s ways. And it is titanic in the large guidepost it establishes. And we all know the New World is always evolving, too, but the guidepost always remains a New World guidepost.

In a perfect world, we Americans will never be dragged down by the Old World, rather, we will drag the Old World our way. And we also know the World is not perfect, so the road will be bumpy and curved, rather than smooth and straight in some utopian idea of a perfect world.

One can say this foreign policy has already started just by using immigration patterns of people coming to the New World. But immigration is an indicator or a tool of an applied foreign policy. The bigger picture is one of western culture and values being best used in the New World. An American foreign policy that expresses this as best for the whole World is so American. It is not natural, and there are other possible outcomes and World situations, some much worse.

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