Jacob Heilbrunn isn’t impressed with the House Republicans’ proposals on foreign policy:
Instead of a far-sighted document that sets out a fresh course for American foreign policy, it offers a mishmash of neocon foreign-policy bilge that has already led the GOP and the United States badly astray.
Heilbrunn is right in dismissing what Speaker Ryan and his allies have produced. Their view of Iran policy is typically misguided:
The Obama administration’s outreach to Iran also provides a textbook example of the failure of appeasement. Almost immediately after coming into office, the president faced a choice—stand with Iranians protesting in the streets, or stand …read more
Source: The American Conservative