America's failed foreign policy

US foreign policy is so ineffective because it has been taken over by the military. Even postwar reconstruction in Iraq under the US-led occupation was run by the Pentagon rather than by civilian agencies. The US military budget dominates everything about foreign policy. Adding up the budgets of the Pentagon, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Department of Homeland Security, nuclear weapons programs, and the State Department's military assistance ... Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
4.3
by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 1, 2008

While greater balance would have been provided by a discussion of the success of the Marshall Plan, this opinion piece is a well-reasoned, well-supported discussion that backs Sachs' assertion that support of poor and unstable societies would bring more stability than arming those who will eventually fight against each other and against us.

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