Blood Bath in Mideast
William Schneider’s essay “Political Entanglements” (Opinion, April 7) chastises the Bush Administration for not financially and militarily supporting the Kurds in Iraq. However, what Schneider espouses is unrealistic and is certainly not in the national interest.
U.S. foreign policy should not be based upon what “feels good” in the short run and what journalists from the left cry out for. Foreign policy is based upon actions and reactions. For this reason, it is necessary for the Bush Administration to carefully reason and assess the situation and its effect upon ourselves and our allies in the region and then make a proper decision.
Foreign policy should not be based upon emotions; it should be based upon analysis. American foreign policy currently states that we only involve ourselves militarily if a nation threatens another neighbor. Therefore, we only get involved when the external policies of one nation threaten the freedom of another nation. I believe this policy to be the correct one.
If history teaches us nothing else, it should teach us to stay out of the internal politics of other nations.
GREGORY RICE
Poway
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