With the current trend in US foreign policy - as heavily promoted by Fred and our immorologist moderator - see the US becoming more and more isolated from the rest of the world? Even its trade policy is bringing it more and more often into conflict within the WTO due to unfair practices.
Its attitude is quite obviously protect the US and the US way of life at all costs. What makes the US way of life so correct?
The US it seems is determined to stamp its version of acceptable behaviour on the rest of the world, it complains about human rights in other countries, but still employs the death penalty in its own. It continues to rely on intelligence provided by agencies - that even according to our IP forum mod - have at least in the case of Iraq been inaccurate for several years, yet still they make decisions based on it.
For many years it has been US foreign policy, particulalry in the Middle East, that has created the circumstances and the political ideology that has given rise to todays terrorists.
Fred talks about democracy being the answer, is it? Both the Phillipines and Indonesia have elected governements, therefore democratic, but both still have terrorist groups operating within their countries, so does democracy work in reducing terrorism? This from a country where a presidential candidate receives a greater percentage of the popular vote but is not elected President. Democracy at work?