After writing position paper #5 and doing lots of research on our modern foreign policy and how it relates to the 14 points, I have found that the goals Obama and our government have now are very similar to the goals of Wilson then, after WWI. The idea of self determination and being a model of democracy both stood out to me as important goals because they relate exactly to what Wilson wished for our country.
But Wilson's main point, the League of Nations, was not accepted. This showed a rather isolationist view in America, because people were afraid of entangling alliances. Similarly, our new president-elect Trump has seemed to support a rather radical isolationist viewpoint. If he follows through on this viewpoint, it could completely change our relations with other countries, because it would be such a difference from what we had with Obama. Do you think this is a problem or a benefit for our country?
I think that it is good to involve ourselves in foreign affairs, but to not try to bully other countries or get into fights, so I feel that Obama's plan was pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI think that this would be a problem for our country if we become completely isolated from certain countries. This would go against Wilson's idea of "free trade" because if we isolate ourselves from other countries such as Mexico, we are losing valuable trading partners, and in 2015, Mexico was our 3rd largest goods trading partner.
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