That time of the year for numerous countdowns to the New Year.

The year is ending and I would like to look back on our foreign policy as corrupt and one sided as it is…..as put together by Responsible Statecraft.

The year in foreign policy was marked by bloody conflict, humanitarian catastrophe, and grief, plus political failures and missteps. Let’s take a look at the most notable ones as we approach 2024.

Ukraine: The bravery and endurance of the Ukrainian people and its military forces have been extolled time and again. But the failure of its counteroffensive in the spring and the summer of 2023 has led in part to a loss in confidence that the country can ever hope to expunge the Russians from all of its territories. This of course has been not only the goal of President Volodymyr Zelensky, but of his Western supporters. Many of those allies, including the mainstream press, are now suggesting that not only will Ukraine have to find a way to end the war diplomatically — which critics including contributors at RS and at the Quincy Institute have been saying all along — but may have to make territorial compromises.

The goal of Ukrainian NATO membership seems like a faraway dream now, and as of the end of the year, the flood of weapons and money from Washington and Western capitals has slowed immensely. Zelensky, now being pegged as increasingly isolated and unrealistic, has seemingly fallen from grace. Unfortunately for him, this is not the first time in U.S. foreign policy history that Washington has turned its favor elsewhere, to the grave detriment of its former beneficiaries.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/foreign-policy-failures-2023/

This is what the world gets when corporations and their agents, lobbyists, do the thinking for the elected people in our government.

DC is owned by these slugs and it will continue to dominate every aspect of foreign policy until some cajones are found and someone steps up to set things on a more positive course.

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“lego ergo scribo”