Thursday, October 16, 2008

Mcaine foreighn policy

The foreign policy issues most affecting the election are the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as interactions with countries building nuclear arms such as North Korea and Iran. The interesting issue in this election is that both candidates have prominently different views on the handlings of the controversies. The most popular criteria are the problems with American dormancy in the war in Iraq. Opposed to Obamas rapid withdrawal plan, McCain proposes to continue interference in Iraqi politics and to follow through with President Bush's plan to slowly recover soldiers back to the nation. The reason fir this being that he feels that the country will probably revert to its prolific ways, and be seized by terrorist groups if left in its fragile state. Although many people oppose this, its interesting to see that the very occurrence happened in Afghanistan after Americans withdrew, post cold war. The country was over taken by the Taliban and extremists who fought against the Russians, and is a determining factor of the rise of Osama bin laden and his terrorist groups. The very same thing is very likely to occur in Iraq unless the Americans remain committed to restoring the political and economic disaster created by the war. Although I am opposed to the war, I believe that rapidly leaving will indeed lead to history repeating itself and Iraq may potentially be an even bigger threat than before. However I disagree with his plans of communication with Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. McCain's militaristic background makes him more likely to call for war , than negotiation . However in these delicate situations I think Obamas plan of communication is better than leaving the countries to reside in their anger toward the country, and the interactions may help both of the countries come into agreement. For example with Iran, McCain says that he would " bomb, bomb , bomb" quoting the words of a famous Beach Boys song, however this may actually cause a nuclear war to fire, and with dangerous countries it is better to negotiate than ignore. As for the issues of Darfur, and the Israel Palestine conflict, McCain said that they were, "not top priority", and is most likely to focus on headline issues rather than address these. I also don't agree with this however because I believe that genocides, and violent conflicts should be addressed and this will help America increase its reputation as being a humanitarian state-abby kawas

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