US The diplomatic Failure Afghanistan. Vietnam. Middle East. Somalia. Bosnia. What do these share in common? US great crusades to uphold justice and protect the innocent. Uphold justice? Protect the innocent? Yeah, right

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US: THE DIPLOMATIC FAILURE

By Choy Wai Hoe

Afghanistan. Vietnam. Middle East. Somalia. Bosnia. What do these share in common?  US great crusades to uphold justice and protect the innocent. Uphold justice? Protect the innocent? Yeah, right … and Israelis and Palestinians have smiled and shaken hands with each other. That’s just a whole lot of US propaganda. Just look at the mess the Americans left behind after each diplomatic and military intervention and you’ll see what the great American “savior” has really done.

        Every time the United States gets involved with foreign affairs, it’s usually disaster for the other countries involved, no matter how well-intentioned America is. They end up with an even bigger mess than before US stepped in. Look at Afghanistan and you’ll see what I mean.

        The United States has been a miserable failure in foreign relations and policies. Its often one-sided view of the world and issues have always been the reason. It has been very much an isolationist to the rest of the world all throughout much of its history. Examples: World War II and Middle East affairs. It will only get involved whenever its interests are involved or if it stands to profit from intervention.

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        Even the majority of people in the US know nothing more than what’s happening in their own backyard - understandably so, since their country spans almost a whole continent and comprises of so many states. Local news covers almost every time slot of the news and current affairs programs and talk shows. Seldom is anything being reported or talked about that is beyond their own shores. Even if there is, it’s only in news flashes and that’s all.

        A friend who has just completed her studies in the US and came back to Singapore, commented to me once ...

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