I don't approve of the Russian polity as Putin runs it. But I don't see Russia as a threat to America. Also what Russia says on foreign policy makes more sense to me than what America says. That was NOT the case during the Cold War. I can see how what Putin says applies to the world as I see it. I do not see how what America says is supposed to make sense.
Why was America so eager so see Saddam, Quadhafi and Assad replaced by an Islamic theocracy? I don't know.
Why do we want an aging (and possibly softening) theocracy in Iran replaced by an extremist Islamist group, as most Republicans seem to want. I don't know that either.
I could be cynical and think that we want to spread fundamentalist Islam so as to recreate a far-away enemy so as to justify ignoring domestic issues, but I don't think this is really right.
I am simply at a loss. I think I used to understand our foreign policy during the Cold War. Now it seems bonkers.
Why was America so eager so see Saddam, Quadhafi and Assad replaced by an Islamic theocracy? I don't know.
Why do we want an aging (and possibly softening) theocracy in Iran replaced by an extremist Islamist group, as most Republicans seem to want. I don't know that either.
I could be cynical and think that we want to spread fundamentalist Islam so as to recreate a far-away enemy so as to justify ignoring domestic issues, but I don't think this is really right.
I am simply at a loss. I think I used to understand our foreign policy during the Cold War. Now it seems bonkers.