icking our nose in other countries business, but I don’t look at it that way. I look at it like this, there will always be those that are weak in the world and there will always be the strong, therefore I feel those that are in power and are strong, should stick up for these nations, and let them know that they do have some one else in the world that cares. By involving ourselves as world police if you will, we also gain power in the process of doing our share of helping others. Now that I have proposed my opinion, it is important that we see what our national leader and our government say about foreign policy. Lets take a brief look at the Clinton administration over the last term. Many saythat by and large Bill Clintons’ foreign policy for his first term is passive and reactive. Leading Republicans say that the Clinton administration was a foreignpolicy of wish fulfillment and that it wanted China to respect their people and their rights,for Bosnia to be one nation once more, Hussein to be cowed, and North Korea to betotally rid of nuclear arms. This timid and wishful approach to foreignpolicy made some Americans quite upset; it is not like the United States not to keep anactive role in the world. Clinton feels that he is doing a good job though, and likes to beactively involved as a world peacemaker. In fact, recently Clinton has began an expansion of his presidential power concerning foreign policy, and many historians say that the only other president to rival this power was Nixon. Clinton has a bold attitude when it comes to intervention. He showed the power of the United States Chief Executive with his sending of military power to Haiti, Bosnia, Iraq, and Somalia. He completely ignored the existence of the War Powers Resolution which was put into action in 1973, says Political Scientist Louis Fisher. The War Powers Resolution was made in order to keep the President from sending troops to other nati...
