ace....you are conveniently ignoring all post 9-11 history.
The world supported the US after we were attacked by al Queda. Even most moderate muslim governments in the ME (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan....) supported our response to take out the Talliban and al Queda.
And we abandoned that mission and invaded a sovereign nation in the ME that posed no direct threat to the US and was effectively marginalized in the region after the first gulf war.
The result has been a level of anti-Americanism in the ME and around the world never seen before and a recruitment tool for Muslim extremists so that the terrorist threat is greater and al Queda in Afghanistan/Pakistan is stronger than before.
The policy you support has failed at every level.
If we want influence in the region, we need friends in the region and the Bush policy (and your policy) has alienated every moderate leader in the ME.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
....I wonder how the Democratic strategy for the region is going to differ from the current strategy once the new Democratic President gets into office? Make your prediction now, and we can check in on it in a few years.
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A Democratic strategy for the region will differ significantly from the failed Bush policy and is likely to include:
* a serious and ongoing high level commitment to the Israeli-Palestinian issue....Bush has done virtually nothing for six years.
* a policy that respects our treaty obligations and how we treat detainees only "suspected" of some questionable "terrorist" activity....rather than the Bush torture policy.
* serious diplomatic pressure on Saudi Arabia to remove islamic extremists from their government and extemists teachings in their schools and to provide greater cooperation in tracking down saudi terrorist....Democrats dont have family ties to the House of Saud.
* diplomatic and economic pressure on Egypt to move towards real democratic elections....Bush has only given it lip service.
* and talking with our enemies in the region to help create a stable Iraq.