The US has been making some terrible foreign policy decisions in the last couple of years…..Libya, Syria and the rush to demonize Russia….just to mention a few.

Syria is a f*cked up mess…there is NO telling who are the “Good guys” and who are the “bad”…..but there was a bit of a chance recently when the US and Russia and a few of the combatants attempted a ceasefire…..that lasted about a week before the US gunned down some of the participants and Russia attacks a aid convoy and a hospital (of course no one is giving the straight story all they can do is blame the other)…..

Syria: The US, meanwhile, suspended contacts with Moscow in regard to Syria. The decision means the US will no longer negotiate with Russia over the resumption of a ceasefire or move ahead with plans for joint military operations, reports the Washington Post. The White House has been exasperated over the continued bombing of Aleppo and of humanitarian shipments. “Unfortunately, Russia failed to live up to its own commitments,” says a spokesman, “and was also either unwilling or unable to ensure Syrian regime adherence to the arrangements to which Moscow agreed.”

The US and Russia after trying to make a go a diplomacy has ended…….

Plutonium: Vladimir Putin suspended a pact with the US in which the two nations agreed to dispose of surplus plutonium that could otherwise go into weapons. The ramifications of this specific pact are limited, explains Reuters, but it carries “powerful symbolism” and could signal trouble ahead for more sweeping nuclear arms agreements. Moscow said the US “has done everything in its power to destroy the atmosphere of trust which could have encouraged cooperation,” citing among other things sanctions placed on Russia over its role in Ukraine.

Oh goody…..the world has gotten a little less predictable…..and with all the nuke talk around this election….the voter should be worried and be concerned for the future.

Appears as MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) will rear its ugly face yet again…..ignore foreign policy at your own peril…..me?  I’m looking for a more peaceful world where the money is spent where it is needed.