As the U.S. Dithers; World Spirals out of Control

Much of this month debate has centered on the fragile state of the U.S. economy, with vicious and heated debate on raising the federal debate ceiling and reducing America's massive federal debt. Each side has staked a position, and each side has firmly entrenched itself in its position. Unfortunately, what is missing is any meaningful debate on what is transpiring across the globe.

The President in recent campaign stops routinely highlights the situation in the Middle East, most notably the "Arab Spring" revolution, as on of the root causes affecting the U.S. economy. Since the Arab revolts broke out in January of this year, even though one could say it originally started in Iran in 2009, the United States has articulated confusing and contradictory policies in the region.

In March, the U.S. and NATO undertook military operations in Libya, and six months later the situation is no more clearer then when it was first initiated. Today, it has been reported that scores of Iraqi's have been killed as Iraq is beginning to spiral out of control, what is U.S. policy toward Iraq?

Last weekend 30 U.S. military personnel were killed, but still U.S. strategy in the region is confusing and perplexing, even to the most ardent foreign policy experts; what is our strategy in Afghanistan, and for that matter, Pakistan?

It seems U.S. foreign policy strategy is like a brush fire moving from one crisis to another, without any real direction. At some point that brush fire will turn into a full blaze and will bring to the forefront a failed U.S. foreign policy.

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