Posts Tagged ‘NATO’

Saturday, January 29th, 2011 at 9:58am

A Conservative Foreign Policy for America

Right now the biggest threat to the United States is its $14 trillion national debt.  Throughout history great powers have bankrupted themselves by trying to do too much both at home and abroad, and unfortunately Washington is charging hard down that same fateful path.  What is even more troubling is that when it comes to foreign policy, both major parties tend to advocate big government internationalism.  The irony here is that many self-proclaimed conservatives advocate big government internationalism while championing limited government at home.

Yesterday, I outlined a new approach for American foreign policy in The Washington Examiner.  It advocates redefining our national interest and reducing our military commitments abroad.  Here’s an excerpt:

When it comes to foreign policy,…

Saturday, February 20th, 2010 at 7:02pm

Karzai’s Ingratitude

Posted by Tom Skypek in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy

From the AP:

President Hamid Karzai urged NATO to do more to protect civilians during combat operations to secure Marjah, a southern Taliban stronghold and scene of the biggest allied ground assault of the eight-year war.

NATO forces have repeatedly said they want to prevent civilian casualties but acknowledged that it is not always possible. On Saturday, the alliance said its troops killed another civilian in the Marjah area, bringing the civilian death toll from the operation to at least 16.

Addressing the opening session of the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Karzai held up a picture of an 8-year-old girl who lost 12 relatives in a NATO rocket attack during the second day of the Marjah assault, which began Feb. 13.

This type of ingratitude from…

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 3:28pm

NATO and the Georgia-Russia Conflict

Posted by Tom Skypek in Russia

Morton Abramowitz wrote an interesting article for today’s online edition of the National Interest, raising an important question about NATO’s willingness to allow a small state, emerging from the shadow of the Iron Curtain to be routed by a resurgent Russia:

The time is now ripe for NATO to also consider how it allowed a small state (and aspiring NATO partner) to be shattered and to reach a reckoning with Russia’s abusive behavior. All that requires some historical perspective, and that is difficult given the posturing, piety and self-justification permeating our public discussion. Posturing and piety are indeed an essential element of policy making in democratic countries; they are not substitutes for policy…

…Russia has gone well beyond merely “protecting their…

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