Thursday, November 8, 2012
Reflection - Anjali
This week, I've been thinking a lot about how the elections would have impacted US's relations with the Middle East area. I personally think that not much would have changed regardless of whether Obama or Romney was in office in a few ways, but at the same time, I think that if Romney had been elected president our relationships with the Middle East most likely would have faltered. He is very much of the mindset that America has the responsibility to lead and intervene in countries that are not up to it's standards of democracy, and I do not necessarily think that this mindset would benefit our relationships with countries in the Middle East at all; I think that these countries need their own time with their own people to formulate what they think are the best ways to govern their country. There is a certain balance necessary between sovereignty and intervention, and I do not think that America's current intervention policies allow for state sovereignty, let alone Romney's policies.
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I felt the same way about the election. Of course I wanted the candidate I voted for to win but at the same time, I don't think a whole lot would change in the short term either way. Things in the MENA region probably would have shift a bit had Romney won however. I feel like his personal alignments with Iran would have had some impact on our policies as would his reputation as the typical military oriented, non-negotiating conservative. I think our worldview in other western countries definitely would have shifted, especially because of their strong support of Obama. However, I don't think these views are largely effected by the president's policy as much as their surface reputations. None the less, the opinions of other nations can play some importance, especially in our foreign policy.
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