Why America Don’t Need No Stinkin’ ‘Allies’

OK, the title is a bit crude and is deliberately mocking in tone. But it has to be because there is a deeply-entrenched, almost sacred presumption embedded in the nation’s foreign policy catechism that “allies”, “alliances” and “coalitions of the willing” are the be-all-and-end-all of enlightened, necessary and effective foreign policy. American policy-makers and diplomats … Continue reading “Why America Don’t Need No Stinkin’ ‘Allies’”