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Viewing foreign policy in this zero-sum way is stupid. How much do you think you'd accomplish by dominating your host? Is this the kind of dumbass headspace Romney was coming from when he insulted the Olympic organizers in London? He wanted to make sure the sum was in AMERICA'S favor? You look ridiculous in that had Adak. Please take it off, you're scaring the United Nations.
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You never heard of "Gunboat Diplomacy"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat_diplomacy
Foreign policy is not the peaches and creme and intellectual exercise that you seem to believe it is.
I didn't say foreign policy was brilliant - just what is IS.
Friendly nations do better, of course. US and UK -- but still, we have spies in the UK, and the UK has spies in the US. Even during WWII, both the US and the UK did not share everything they learned, with each other. (a lot, but not everything).
US and Israel -- same thing, only much worse. They've damaged us a lot with their spying, and eroded a lot of good will in the US, with it.
Yes. Romney has been investigated by several lawyers, working for Obama. Unfortunately for Obama, Romney's clean. Chicago politics (where you find something in the opponents past and bring it out), hasn't worked against Romney.
This is how Obama got elected to his Illinois seat, you may recall. His opponent was ruined.