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[Benton]

(01-28-2017, 12:31 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Perhaps we are looking for form other allies. Perhaps a "Super Alliance" of US, Russia, Great Britan. While limiting our coperation with Saudi Arabia and China. We need for China to be motivated to work "with" us and not for them. China controls North Korea and we need that to be a bargainning chip. You want to just the Super Alliance, disavow NK. Saudi you want us to go back to buying some of your oil, cambat terrorism in your region and take in refugees.

I haven't looked at the numbers (I just had this thought last night during an injury time out), but ot would be interesting if we started moving away from opec (Saudi control) and started getting oil from Russia, a significant exporter. I dont like the idea of being dependant on another super power, but if its an equitable dependency, then it could get us out of the me. Which would solve a lot of problems.

(01-28-2017, 12:44 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: That's a terrific question.  Most of the American foreign policy was left over from the Cold War and people in DC are hesitant to change.  The US isn't pulling back globally per se; I understand President Trump wants lots of trade but he wants trade to be one-on-one with other nations, not the sweeping multinational deals we've made since just after WW2.

that's one area I think trump can be beneficial. It seems like a lot of our policy is just "well, its been this way for a while, so...." Instead of, what's working for both of is? How can we make it work better?