Kevin Lamson

Is the Second Great Depression Imminent?

The U.S. must pursue a new foreign relations agenda that makes both common and economic sense. We must replace lopsided so-called alliances with countries like Israel and Georgia that produce little of no oil, with real allies who have something the U.S. needs in exchange for U.S. friendship. By cozying up to countries like Israel and Georgia, which require payment for their friendship, the U.S. is prevented form forming strong bonds or alliances with such oil producing nations as .Iran, Iraq, Russia, Venzuela, etc. Even Kuwait, an oil producing plebiscite, which the U.S. "rescued" from the Iraq invasion 17 years ago is no longer on friendly terms with the U.S.

After the cold war was over in place of forming strong alliance with Russia, we chose to form alliances with Georgia, the Ukraine and Poland, and an assortment of other former states of the Soviet Union. How do these so-called alliances benefit the U.S. economically or in any other measurable way? They simply require payment of billions of dollars to prop up their weak economies and or governments. What direct benefit has the U.S. received in exchange for supporting Israel or Georgia. Now contrast any benefit received vs. the problems caused by siding with Israel and/or Georgia against such oil producing nations as Iran or Russia. I think it is high time for the U.S. government to re-evaluate and/or retool its global strategy from a big losing proposition to one where the U.S.A starts garnering the rewards it justly deserves.

We should not continue to subject the U.S. and its citizens to the scorn of the Muslim world because of our cozy and unexplainable relationship with Israel . We should not agitate the peace we have enjoyed with Russia since the end cold war by allying ourselves with Georgia over Russia. Let's hope our new administration will start thinking outside of the box and do so before it is to late. We have been operating under a losing game plan globally for a long time. Let's hope our new administration will start thinking outside of the box and do so before it is to late.