Reply #67: so far I am only one of two people who have said Foreign Policy [View All]

[Douglas Carpenter]

Although I suppose the Iraq War is also a major part of Foreign Policy just as Terrorism and Security fit into the Foreign Policy domain as well

Admittedly I may have a bit of a skewed view having lived roughly half my life outside the United States. However, it is issues of Foreign Policy that has more effect on more people than all other issues put together. And I also believe that Foreign Policy both directly and indirectly effects virtually every area of domestic American life. Whether its trade policy and its effect on employment or the threat of war which effects such day to day matters as the price of gasoline and the cost of heating our houses much less the fear of terror and sense of security.

Throughout history great empires over extend themselves into an endless quagmire of multiple intractable situations and conflict in which they cannot win and cannot afford to lose. With America as the world's sole remaining great military power I am convinced that is the direction things are heading. Unfortunately I do not see the mainstream of either major party facing this reality yet.