Quote Originally Posted by killerweed420
America's foreign policy has been a nightmare for over 50 years. But what do you do? The president sets policy and because we don't live in a democracy we are stuck with these losers for atleast 4 years. You can do a lot of damage in 4 years. Just look at the damge Bush did in 8.
Bush was not a good president for certain, however, the Congress is as much to blame as he is. Presidents don't run the nation alone. We were never really intended to be a democracy, we are supposed to be individual republics united under one larger democratic republic. However, that is no longer the case either.

What damage in particular are you talking about? Unlike with psycho, this is a challenge for specifics.

Also, the people voted both Bush and Obama into office, so in that sense it is democratic. The only problem is we never have quality candidates to choose from.
JaggedEdge Reviewed by JaggedEdge on . You reap what you sow I'm interested to know the thoughts of my fellow stoners regarding the foreign policy of the west and it's influence in the world today. I believe that a lot of the problems we face today are the result of an agressive commercialy driven foreign policy, the manipulation of third world countries has come back to bite us in the arse. What do you think ? I believe John Stockwell sums it up very well indeed. When the Western powers do not like a government, he observes, they input Rating: 5