RSS 2.0 FeedQuote of the Day: Jon Huntsman on Foreign Policy/Interventionism
by Stephen LittauAs reported in Politico:
“I can’t think of too many tribal countries with which we’ve been involved — Afghanistan is another one — where it’s easy to extricate yourself once you get involved,” Huntsman told reporters here after finishing a cruise with Republicans on northern New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee. “So it might sound like it’s a tangential supportive role at the beginning even if it’s just a no-fly zone. But you’re making a commitment … and sometimes those things become very hard to unwind.”
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“We’re deployed in some quarters in this world where we don’t need to be. It’s time we take a look at the map and we start to clean it up,” he said, arguing that both national security interests as well as financial costs should affect the decision.
And in addition, “we need to do a better job of identifying who our friends and allies are around the world,” Huntsman said.