Posted by
colorado springs citizen on Monday, May 26, 2008 10:35:27 AM
In
just about two weeks the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Balkenende and
Minister Verhagen will visit President Bush in Washington to talk about
world affairs. Six months later the American elections take place.
After this Bush remains president until January 2009, during which time
he has nothing more to say about world affairs. In America, the chaos
of the election battles continues to rule, which—as it appears now—will
finally be between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama
(Unless Hillary Clinton is able to miraculously recover).
Regardless of who is the next president, American foreign policy will
change significantly. McCain is critical of Bush, but believes that
around 2013 Iraq will have reformed into a working and resilient
democracy, so that only a small contingent of American troops will be
needed for monitoring purposes. Obama wants to bring all forces home as
soon as possible. McCain is opposed to any talks with regimes that he
considers to be radical or terrorist; Obama does not rule out
diplomatic contacts with Presidents Ahmadinejad of Iran and Assad of
Syria. A new foreign policy is capable of being formed. No one can say
what form it will ultimately take, but it is good if our ministers take
the pulse in Washington.