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V Samson's avatar

US foreign policy is coherent when you understand or just simply admit that like all empires, the US has ended up being ruled by foreigners.

The foreigners that hold decisive sway within the US political system have had very clear goals for the past one hundred years, they have been successful in using American economic power, military power and blood for their benefit, and, it looks like they are pursuing one last attempt at wielding the US military, this time against Russia.

The various lies concocted to justify war in Iraq and Afghanistan never made sense. But it does make sense when you know the “US government” was planning war in the Middle East at least as far back as the early 1990s. Bill Clinton pushed for peace in N.Ireland because they didn’t want the UK military “distracted” at home when they were going to be in the Middle East.

If you work off the basis that government power is guided by Americans for Americans instead of foreigners for foreign interests, that the American people want sanctions against X instead of mass communication controlled by foreign interests controlling the narrative, and if you do not acknowledge massive corruption throughout the political and governmental system, yes, it is all incoherent.

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Rich Rostrom's avatar

The Federal Reserve Board is effectively a single actor. WRT monetary policy, the Board and only the Board ever takes action: it is the sole authority. There are no details for subordinates to work out. Compare that to the State Department, with its numerous (dozens?) of Under/Deputy/Assistant Secretaries, all of which exercise some degree of discretionary authority.

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