It should come as no surprise to the readers of this blog that I find the fact that Donald Trump is a serious candidate for the US Presidency to be abhorrent. I cannot take Mr. Trump seriously, but I do take his supporters very seriously. They are angry and have given up on the political system as it has performed over the last 40 years, and I understand those feelings. So I will not make a pretense of objectivity in the blog postings in the future that have to deal with the presidential election in the US in 2016. But the election does have consequences for foreign policy and I cannot avoid those implications. One of the intriguing aspects of Mr. Trump’s candidacy is the rhetoric is has chosen to use. The phrase that he has chosen to encapsulate his foreign policy is “America First”. That phrase has been used before in American history–it was a rallying cry for those who opposed US entry into World War II.
Several thousand protesters ringed the US air force base in Ramstein, Germany. They were protesting the use of drones in American military policy. Drone warfare is only about 15 years old, but the technology has advanced considerably over that time and drone warfare is now an integral part of American military policy, particularly in Afghanistan. It remains a controversial tactic since it offers precision strikes against wanted individuals, but almost invariably kills civilians in the process.
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