Where Do You Stand on Foreign Policy?

ForceoftheTruth · #1 (**permalink**) 12-11-2005, 10:12 PM

This quiz is fair and intelligent, and the results may surprise you. Give the ten sets of propositions careful consideration. Here is the link, followed by my results:

http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/ne...eoconQuiz.html

Realist

Realists…

Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision
Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy - and vice versa
Don't want US policy options unduly limited by world opinion or ethical considerations
Believe strong alliances are important to US interests
Weigh the political costs of foreign action
Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest

Historical realist: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Modern realist: Secretary of State Colin Powell

Liberty · #2 (**permalink**) 12-11-2005, 10:29 PM

I, too, was a realist.

JavaBlack · #3 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 07:20 AM

Liberal

Liberals…

Are wary of American arrogance and hypocrisy
Trace much of today's anti-American hatred to previous US foreign policies.
Believe political solutions are inherently superior to military solutions
Believe the US is morally bound to intervene in humanitarian crises
Oppose American imperialism
Support international law, alliances, and agreements
Encourage US participation in the UN
Believe US economic policies must help lift up the world's poor
Historical liberal: President Woodrow Wilson

Modern liberal: President Jimmy Carter

All in all, I like the way this quiz was worded. It made all the choices sound positive and intelligent. No one gets belittled. Not scientific (it admits this), but (*)(*)(*)(*) fair.

Sadistic-Savior · #4 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 07:35 AM

It said I was a neo-conservative.

Please try to contain your shock.

Sadistic-Savior · #5 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 07:43 AM

I am posting the catagories just so we have a record in the forum. Because the descriptions, for the most part, are pretty accurate I think:

Quote:

Isolationist

The term isolationist is most often used negatively; few people who share its beliefs use it to describe their own foreign policy perspective. They believe in "America first." For them, national sovereignty trumps international relations. Many unions, libertarians, and anti-globalization protesters share isolationist tenets.

Isolationists…

- Are wary of US involvement in the United Nations
- Oppose international law, alliances, and agreements
- Believe the US should not act as a global cop
- Support trade practices that protect American workers
- Oppose liberal immigration
- Oppose American imperialism
- Desire to preserve what they see as America's national identity and character

Historical isolationist: President Calvin Coolidge
Modern isolationist: Author/Commentator Pat Buchanan

Liberal

Liberals…

- Are wary of American arrogance and hypocrisy
- Trace much of today's anti-American hatred to previous US foreign policies.
- Believe political solutions are inherently superior to military solutions
- Believe the US is morally bound to intervene in humanitarian crises
- Oppose American imperialism
- Support international law, alliances, and agreements
- Encourage US participation in the UN
- Believe US economic policies must help lift up the world's poor

Historical liberal: President Woodrow Wilson
Modern liberal: President Jimmy Carter

Realist

Realists…

- Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision
- Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy - and vice versa
- Don't want US policy options unduly limited by world opinion or ethical considerations
- Believe strong alliances are important to US interests
- Weigh the political costs of foreign action
- Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest

Historical realist: President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Modern realist: Secretary of State Colin Powell

Neoconservative

Neoconservatives…

- Want the US to be the world's unchallenged superpower
- Share unwavering support for Israel
- Support American unilateral action
- Support preemptive strikes to remove perceived threats to US security
- Promote the development of an American empire
- Equate American power with the potential for world peace
- Seek to democratize the Arab world
- Push regime change in states deemed threats to the US or its allies

Historical neoconservative: President Teddy Roosevelt
Modern neoconservative: President Ronald Reagan

http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/neoConQuiz.pl

Hey! How come isolationists got an extended description and everyone else didnt? I smell bias, heh heh

Sadistic-Savior · #6 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 07:48 AM

I probably would ahve added a few things. Neo-cons in general do not like the UN, and cooperate them only when they have no other choice. I think we agree with the isolationists on that issue.

JavaBlack · #7 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior";p=&quot

I am posting the catagories just so we have a record in the forum. Because the descriptions, for the most part, are pretty accurate I think:

Hey! How come isolationists got an extended description and everyone else didnt? I smell bias, heh heh

It's that natural political tendency to give the most apologetics for the least understood group. I agree that this must be because of isolationist sympathies in the creators. But despite this, they were remarkably fair. I would normally expect libs and neocons to be treated like enemies of humanity by isolationists (typically they say we're the same animal).

ForceoftheTruth · #8 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 08:06 AM

Doesn't being a realist help my standing as a centrist? By the way, JavaBlack, you're in the centrist poll as well.

Sadistic-Savior · #9 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 08:23 AM

Your authoritarian views on Abortion and PC-behavior towards women are what prevent your from being a centrist.

Sadistic-Savior · #10 (**permalink**) 12-12-2005, 08:25 AM

"Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision "

That statement does not fit you at all. You are an idealist...for the reasons given above.

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