Ditch the US-centric foreign policy already

Foreign policy ● National by DrRavLeeds · 🏷️ 1. Concerned Citizen · Local · 2 months ago
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I'm sick of seeing our government jumping to the tune of the US, it's embarrassing. We're meant to be an independent nation but every time there's a major foreign policy decision to be made, we're always sucking up to the Americans. I've had enough of it, we need to start putting our own interests first.

I think we should start by withdrawing from the five eyes intelligence sharing agreement, it's just a way for the US to get us to do their bidding. We should be focusing on building our own relationships with other countries, particularly in Europe and the Middle East, rather than just tagging along with the US. And another thing, we need to stop following the US into these disastrous wars, it's not in our national interest and it's not like we've got a great track record of success in these interventions anyway.

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I understand the frustration with US-centric foreign policy, but withdrawing from the five eyes agreement might not be as simple as it sounds, it could compromise our ability to share intelligence on terrorist threats, which is a major concern for schools like mine in North London where knife crime is a real issue. We've had incidents of gang violence near our school and I worry that reducing our access to intelligence could put our students at greater risk. Doesn't this policy need to consider the potential consequences for domestic security?
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