How To Fix The U.S And Its Image Abroad

[C130]

I believe it would be a pretty simple to fix the U.S and it's image abroad

firstly. we aren't the world police, so we need to stop spending money like we are!!

U.S should limit it's defense spending to 2% of it's GDP so around $350 billion

U.S should limit it's military bases across the world particulary in Japan,South Korea, and the Middle East. saving countless billions of dollars in operating these bases.

U.S should stop meddling in Middle East. It only creates endless wars and strife. It made sense for the U.S to be involved in the Middle East during the cold war, 90's and 00's because of oil, but times have changed. we get more oil from Canada than we do from the KSA and the shale oil revolution can finally make us energy independant from the Middle East. If anyone who should be defending the oil in the Middle East today it ought to be China on their dime.

U.S should curtail or cancel programs like U.S Foreign Aid and USAID. giving money to countries that do not like us makes no sense.


all and all we need to get out of the red ,even if that means going into recession or even into a depression.

 

[third eye]

I believe it would be a pretty simple to fix the U.S and it's image abroad

firstly. we aren't the world police, so we need to stop spending money like we are!!

U.S should limit it's defense spending to 2% of it's GDP so around $350 billion

U.S should limit it's military bases across the world particulary in Japan,South Korea, and the Middle East. saving countless billions of dollars in operating these bases.

U.S should stop meddling in Middle East. It only creates endless wars and strife. It made sense for the U.S to be involved in the Middle East during the cold war, 90's and 00's because of oil, but times have changed. we get more oil from Canada than we do from the KSA and the shale oil revolution can finally make us energy independant from the Middle East. If anyone who should be defending the oil in the Middle East today it ought to be China on their dime.

U.S should curtail or cancel programs like U.S Foreign Aid and USAID. giving money to countries that do not like us makes no sense.


all and all we need to get out of the red ,even if that means going into recession or even into a depression.

The first thing about being in business of being in the lead is not to let grass grow around you feet & allow others to catch up.

All of what has been suggested points in that ( wrong ) direction.

Having created a Uni polar world US has no option but to react to hot spots & potential hot spots which have the potential of turning into flames.

 

[C130]

The first thing about being in business of being in the lead is not to let grass grow around you feet & allow others to catch up.

All of what has been suggested points in that ( wrong ) direction.

Having created a Uni polar world US has no option but to react to hot spots & potential hot spots which have the potential of turning into flames.

it made sense during the cold war to do this and when we reached peak oil in the 70's but now times have changed.


their is no boogeyman anymore, and we don't need Middle East oil... atleast we don't need to spend countless billions protecting the region to ensure access.

we need to tend to our own home instead of messing with our neighbors.

 

[Shotgunner51]

I believe it would be a pretty simple to fix the U.S and it's image abroad

firstly. we aren't the world police, so we need to stop spending money like we are!!

U.S should limit it's defense spending to 2% of it's GDP so around $350 billion

U.S should limit it's military bases across the world particulary in Japan,South Korea, and the Middle East. saving countless billions of dollars in operating these bases.

U.S should stop meddling in Middle East. It only creates endless wars and strife. It made sense for the U.S to be involved in the Middle East during the cold war, 90's and 00's because of oil, but times have changed. we get more oil from Canada than we do from the KSA and the shale oil revolution can finally make us energy independant from the Middle East. If anyone who should be defending the oil in the Middle East today it ought to be China on their dime.

U.S should curtail or cancel programs like U.S Foreign Aid and USAID. giving money to countries that do not like us makes no sense.


all and all we need to get out of the red ,even if that means going into recession or even into a depression.

Some valid points you have made there dude, I concur with you, practical or not is another matter. It's not easy to change fundamental economic-politico structure, too much vested interests lie with status quo established since WWII.

From a China national interests perspective, despite asking for improvisation of game rules to fit changing needs, China does actively support post-WWII world order like international trade rules (e.g. WTO), international financial framework (e.g. Bretton Woods). China being the largest trading nation (and largest surplus too) is among all traders that benefit from low international logistics costs, in which trade route security is paid by Americans. Hot zones as well, say China is major stakeholder of Saudi oil, Iraqi oil, Afghan copper, etc., regional security bills also picked up by US taxpayers.

The only concern for Chinese investors, maybe for all US$ stakeholder too, is US fiscal discipline. US was once the largest and only creditor nation after WWII, but now is largest debtor nation with net international position of -$7.5256 trillion and sinking at a speed of $1 trillion per annum, is that sustainable? What's the bottom limit, Brazil, Spain or Greece? While maintaining superpower-level defense related expenditures (DoD, CIA, NSA, "black ops", USAID ...), satisfying stomach of defense contractors and fulfill international security obligations, can US find other means to reduce deficits and put a lid on debts? More practical means would be (1) increase tax (2) cut non-defence related budgets like education and medicare.

The U.S. net international investment position at the end of the 4th quarter of 2015 was -$7.2806 trillion (revised), at the end of the 1st of 2016 was −$7.5256 trillion (preliminary), position further sunk by $245 billion in just one single quarter.
https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/intinv/intinvnewsrelease.htm​