The foreign policy of the United States was broken. This is especially true because it is related to the Middle East. Regardless of the government in power, it will be broken. George Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden-The foreign policy of the United States in the Middle East is still deeply disturbing; a kind of almost consistent placement of money and political benefits in the lives of people living there.
The US foreign policy in the Middle East needs to be restarted. It cannot achieve anything of value.exist Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (Abdel Fattah el-Sissi) continued to act according to his wishes, with little American resistance.exist Syria and Iraq, American soldiers continue to be attacked and hardly any progress has been made in protecting Syrians and Iraqis.exist Saudi Arabia, The government that killed Jamal Khashoggi continues to act freely with impunity.While in Israel, The new government will maintain the status quo Palestinian apartheid.
It’s time to reassess U.S. goals in the Middle East and pursue more humanitarian policies Protect human life and environment.
A tit-for-tat policy in response to drone attacks Air raid, And vice versa, need to be re-evaluated: what are its long-term achievements? How many years of air raids have been carried out on facilities in the entire region, and what is their purpose?
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This is a strategy that has no practical purpose and never ends. For every arsenal or facility that is attacked by air, there will be more than a dozen. A longer-term approach must revolve around securing America’s interests in a sustainable way, prioritizing improving the land and limiting wasted blood and wealth—the United States has obviously completely devalued these sacrifices because it continues to lose lives and money. .
Some U.S. senators have reached similar conclusions. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Seek return The power of war moves away from the president and returns Congress. However, this is not enough. Real change requires a thorough reorganization of the goals and expansion of our vision from endless drones and air strikes to the goal of prioritizing people’s lives and protecting the fertile lands in which they live.
Although allowing Congress to limit the power of the executive branch and limit the sale of weapons to the limits set by the constitution is a great first step, ensuring a humanitarian policy that values human dignity and the environment requires more steps. People need to consider the damage caused by air strikes to an area. Not only are the direct lives taken away by this impact, but the lives of family members, the pollutants that pollute the land and air, and the economic losses that follow, affect countless others long after the actual strike.
For decades, instead of bombarding the smallest gains (mostly losses), the United States should withdraw all American soldiers from the Middle East and invest in policies, air, and air pollution that help people in the region eradicate corruption, get jobs, and clear the land. water. Such a policy will not only help individuals, but also help the planet. This will also bring better environmental conditions for Americans in the United States and future generations.
This will lead to a complete end to the military deaths of the United States in Syria, Iraq and other countries in the region. It will also improve the mental health of all people, thereby saving billions of dollars, which can be used for health care, infrastructure, housing or education in the United States, causing society to no longer treat blacks and browns as identical. They are considered today threat. Benefits will be felt in economic, social, material and environmental aspects.
It is this kind of cross thinking that is the future direction of development. Short-term goals are no longer feasible. Threats such as the pandemic, climate change, gun violence and racism have clearly demonstrated this. If 2020 (and 2021 so far) is a challenging year, then lessons should be learned. These lessons must be applied to one of the most destructive and disturbing aspects of American power: foreign policy in the Middle East.
Sam Fouad is a Middle East policy analyst and PhD student at the Catholic University of America.Follow him on twitter @_saf155.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author.
