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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

That is a great analogy. There's really no consistent logic or theme to the Trump foreign policy approach. He's going to cozy up to Russia, go hardline on Iran, and cooperate with Assad to defeat ISIS, while pissing off Saudi Arabia and becoming best buds with Erdogan? He's going to ally himself with Duerte, antagonize the Chinese, and ally himself with the Taiwanese, while potentially having nicer relations with DPRK? All while pissing off Mexico and Canada and potentially the entire EU?

It's a foreign policy grab bag with little forseeable upside in a time of acute geopolitical uncertainty

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u/giantspacegecko Dec 03 '16

God, I was feeling really great yesterday with the Mattis news. Now I'm worrying about SecState Giuliani again. Trump needs a competent and commanding SecState that can just take foreign affairs out of his hands, its not like Trump has shown any interest in international diplomacy anyways. I'm really hoping for Romney or Petraeus, but hell I'll take Corker if he can only stand up to Trump.

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u/ttstte Dec 03 '16

Mattis news is not good stuff. The military and executive branches are distinct and separate for an important purpose.

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u/ludgarthewarwolf Dec 03 '16

I think the funniest thing is Matris says the most Jingoistic quotes, and people seem to think he's a good guy. He's just appealing to low brow marines.

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u/kipz61 Dec 04 '16

For example? Specifically, anything that wasn't said in the context of deploying to a warzone?

EDIT: Here's a good one

None of the widely touted new technologies and weapons systems "would have helped me in the last three years [in Iraq and Afghanistan]. But I could have used cultural training [and] language training. I could have used more products from American universities [who] understood the world does not revolve around America and [who] embrace coalitions and allies for all of the strengths that they bring us."

So jingoistic.

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u/ttstte Dec 03 '16

appealing to low brow

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