US Oblivious to Unintended Consequences of Foreign Policy

US Oblivious to Unintended Consequences of Foreign Policy

from Antiwar.com Original by Ivan Eland

Since World War II, the impulse of the American foreign policy elite has been to intervene in trouble spots abroad and apparently let God sort out the consequences. The ill effects of such interventions are usually plain to see — if nothing else, after the episodes are over — but the arrogance of the elite [...]