Why Foreign Policy?

When I was a college senior in Illinois, an American was adamant that South America refers to Texas - the southern state, he said. So I was not surprised when Governor Palin refers to Africa as a country instead of a continent. She was not the only one who got her geography wrong. George Bush also got into this mess. He reffered to a foreign head of a state but of a wrong country. This ignorance is but the tip of the iceberg. There is a lot more ignorance below the surface - cultural and historical ingnorance so on and so forth. To think these are the people who would run foreign policy, is frightening. Its true they read up books on foreign policies before they take up the job. But the books themselves were written by American. Not all of them were accurate. Sometimes these writers refer to each other's inaccurate books as refferance! I have read some of them. This is how it could have been written. Somebody comes to Malaysia for a week or two travel around a bit then return home to write a book! Presto he becomes on expert on Malaysia over night!

In the first place why do American need foreign policies at all? A foreign policy means nothing lmore then meddling in other country's affairs. Its best that American stay home and mind their own business. We want to be left alone. Don't bother us. If this is observed the war on terror ends, There will be no more problem on home land security, no Islamophobia and no Ameriphobia.

Americans are welcomed to our shores as traders and tourists. Leave your weapons behind. We don't want you to start a war. Bring your cameras, like the Japanese and also don't forget your wallets.