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Gaddafi was also supported by the US government, hence the recent internet-thing of McCain tweeting about his visit to Libya (emerged the day he died lol). With concern to democracy promotion, Chile's and Iran's (1973 and 19..53?) coup d'etats aren't gone into enough detail. They aren't just failures of democracy, they are specifically anti-democratic. Imperialism: quote ron paul talking about american acquisition of natural resources? He likens it to colonialism. The list goes on and on. This article isn't good enough. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.139.202.39 ( talk) 23:15, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
The reason for this article emerged out of discussion on the Talk:Foreign policy of the United States. There was widespread agreement that the U.S. foreign policy article was a mess, with a disjointed structure and POV problems. There was agreement to turn the "Foreign policy of the United States" into a main article, but have subarticles which delved more specifically into themes. One subarticle idea was this one: criticism of U.S. foreign policy. So I researched it. While I'm highly critical of U.S. policy in other formats, what I found surprising was how the material which had accumulated on the USFP article was almost entirely negative towards the US. I tried to incorporate as much of the existing material as I could in this subarticle. But what I found missing were the under-reported positive things the US has done during its history. So I included these as best I could. I think there's a trend in newspapers to overlook the benign, less-than-newsworthy stories but still which had important consequences.-- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 16:57, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Last, in grouping criticisms, I resorted to two basic dimensions: right vs wrong (a moral dimension) and effective vs ineffective (a practical dimension). I realize this is a choice, but I couldn't think of a better structure to encompass the wide range of comments about such a complex topic as criticism of US foreign policy. There may be other dimensions perhaps, or different ways of looking at this subject that I haven't yet come across. But, at this moment, I think the moral-immoral effective-ineffective breakdown is suitable.-- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 16:57, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
It is the appropriate length. It loads reasonably quickly. It is easy to navigate. Further splitting would be counter-productive since to do so would mean wrecking the articles neutrality. Right now there's an even balance between good & bad criticisms, and effective and ineffective criticisms. These issues are all tied up with one another and should not be separated.- That is, if we split this article into separate articles, each one will have a POV problem.- Tomwsulcer ( talk) 17:30, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
The article states: "Noam Chomsky, a former Reagan administration official..." -- WHAT?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.247.85.103 ( talk) 00:20, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
The article states: "Ironically, a president who was arguably the most skillful in foreign policy, Richard M. Nixon, was impeached, but for offenses linked with domestic politics.[70]" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.80.162.171 ( talk) 06:59, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
This article is nothing more than personal opinion, backed up by weak citations/synth. There are large sections of the article that aren't even cited. For instance "it is possible to elect presidents with scant foreign policy experience. Clearly the record of past presidents confirms this, and that presidents who have had extensive diplomatic, military, and foreign policy experience have been the exception, not the rule. In recent years, presidents had relatively more experience in such tasks as peanut farming, acting and governing governorships than in international affairs. It has been debated whether voters are sufficiently skillful to assess the foreign policy potential of presidential candidates, since foreign policy experience is only one of a long list of attributes in which voters tend to select candidates." This is opinion, not fact. This article should be deleted, and the very few legitimate sections should be merged into Foreign Policy of The United States, as a section labeled "Criticism" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.10.221.228 ( talk) 05:42, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
I think the article's relevant. It succinctly concludes a modern movement against US foreign policy and explains why that movement exist. It's not opinion, that's like saying that the article on 'capitalism' is opinion. This article is important. Yes it's funny, but I think that Wikipedia needs to house together all these arguments which do come together in a coherent movement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.139.202.39 ( talk) 23:11, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
What is the definition of "criticism"? I don't think it can be defined objectively in this context. The definition of what is relevant criticism and what is not relevant criticism is highly subjective. The scope of this article will continuously create arguments. Sam Tomato ( talk) 01:16, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
I changed the format of the article but there are still some changes that I am not capable of making yet(I am an inexperienced Wiki user) such as poor placement of images. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Someone please give me a name ( talk • contribs) 22:24, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
This is a very weak page. It does not present criticisms about U.S. drug policy that victimizes patients with a medical need with 51% of those incarcerated for non-violent drug law offenses that has led to: , the world's largest prison population , highest rate of political corruption in federal, state, and local government , poorest healthcare performance (ranked 37 in 2000 by the UN WHO) for the highest cost (ranked 1 in 2000 by the UN WHO)
US = 37/1 = 37 France = 1/4 = 0.25
[0-1: Healthcare Performance Exceeds Cost
1-2: Cost is equal to or slightly exceeds performance 2-3: Cost exceeds performance >3: Cost greatly exceeds performance)
Since 1983, drug abuse awareness programs such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) have been producing the largest population of drug abusers among Generation X. Because U.S. courtrooms and prisons are clogged, a record-breaking number of serious crimes remain unresolved in the U.S. The false propaganda produced within the War on Drugs policy continues to drive more interest from law enforcement than homicides, rape and other violent crime. Mike Hestrin, the Deputy District Attorney who is running for the DA of Riverside County claims that in response to the realignment of the CDCR ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011, offenders of "serious" crimes have been released with no indication that non-violent low level and drug law offenders had been given the opportunity for an adjustment on their release. Meanwhile, homicides have increased 40% in Riverside County that Hestrin maintains is due to the "early release of violent criminals." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gicomeng ( talk • contribs) 20:28, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
The article doesn't mention criticism of the federal government about its internal actions. The article is not titled "criticism of US foreign policy", and should therefore comprehend topics like alleged incompetence, insularity and corruption which are common opinions in the United States. It is definitely too skewed on a foreign viewpoint, and territorial centralization of opinions exposed is something that Wikipedia tries to avoid by guideline. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.5.157.84 ( talk) 13:50, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
"On the other hand, others have accused the US of being too supportive of the Palestinians." - the two sources don't state anything like that, the first one is an article in which a US convoy was protested against by Palestinians, and the second one is a study of the usage of the US foreign aid to Palestine, which concludes that more precautions should be made to make sure that the funds go were they should and not to terrorists, and that the Palestinian government is dependent on this foreign aid. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.41.54.33 ( talk) 16:20, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
This article seems to deal almost exclusively with foreign criticism of the American government, but domestic criticism is just as important. Perhaps there should be a separate article on this topic.
I find it funny that the article discusses Bush Jr. under the section of 'Presidential Incompetency' and Barack Obama under the section of 'Overburdened Presidency'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.174.79 ( talk) 21:17, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
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