The five foreign policy questions every candidate should be asked

I know that I harp on foreign policy and the election a lot.  I do so because I believe with the condition of the world today , foreign policy will be a very important aspect of the next presidency…..

I have noticed that in debates and even on the campaign trail foreign policy is seldom mentioned….that is other than some chest thumping over ISIS or Russia or China.  The problem is that there is so much more to foreign policy than slogans and idle promises of war….

There should be a standard list of questions on foreign policy that every candidate should be asked and should be made to answer.

Libya, Yemen, drones and more: why are presidential hopefuls being let off the hook on these critical challenges?

Source: The five foreign policy questions every candidate should be asked | Opinion | The Guardian

I have tried to find what each candidate has to say on foreign policy.  The problem is most of the rhetoric is vague and non-specific.  In the past I have written on Clinton’s and Bernie’s foreign policy and have had a bit of a problem finding anything that would tell me about the foreign policy on Mr. Donald Trump……but I did find what one writer thinks his possible team’s impact would be on the nation’s foreign policy…

Source: What President Trump’s Foreign-Policy Team Might Look Like | The American Conservative

Foreign entanglements will be a pressing issue for our next president.  The question is will we as voters make the right decision or will we make matters worse with our votes?

 

5 thoughts on “The five foreign policy questions every candidate should be asked

  1. Good question…..problem is the majority of American voters only know that it is the terrorists that cause the problems and as to where they live Forget It!

  2. The Second Rand Paul dropped out, it 100% guaranteed that drones (& abuses of the War on Terra) wouldn’t even get mentioned at all in this marathon.

    As for the other 4 questions, the media doesn’t want to cover them and the public doesn’t want to hear about them. Too expensive. Too complicated. Too messy. Too thinky. It’s a ratings disaster that will lose money.

    All the public wants to see is chest pounding, so they can chant “USA! USA! USA!”. This isn’t about policy, this is about selecting the Empire’s Alpha Male (even if he’s a she)

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