Do you ever wonder who sets foreign policy? Are there old man in dark boardrooms making decisions based on economic (for them) advantage? Is it the concerted will of the people? Or is foreign policy set solely on the inclinations of an individual?
The essence of foreign policy ought to be the welfare of our country and our society. This might seem obvious but some of the foreign policy issues to date do seem a little at odds with the needs of our country. Like the supposed free trade pacts. CAFTA and NAFTA both allow American captal to move jobs from the US to foreign countries (or worse lets foreign capital in foreign countries take market share and jobs away from us.)
In one way it could be a good thing, taking old technology and dead end jobs from our economy freeing up workers to take on new technology related positions. But that's not happening. The technology sector is out sourced to well educated but underpaid countries like India and China where workers make a fraction of the American wage yet produce equal or better product.
Sounds hard to hear? Ask another question. How many parents are having children in their 20's come to them with carreer questions? What can you tell them? The technology bubble burst. We have more computer geeks than we need and don't want to pay them anymore. They can study the really hard biologicals and do something useful assuming they can cram all the details biology demands into their skulls before they die. Average people aren't seeing average jobs in any creative technical sector. All the kids can reasonably look forward to is making fast food or selling washing machines made in China.
Oh yeah I forgot... Our foreign policy has made many openings in the Army and Marine Corps. Great travel opportunities and rapid advancment.
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