The Economic Freedom Alliance Act

President Obama recently cast doubt on whether Egypt is an American ally; his remarks were quickly walked back by the State Department.

The confusion is unsurprising — the international order is being upended by turmoil in the Middle East, renewed rivalries in Asia, and other convulsions throughout the globe. Historical allies such as Egypt are becoming increasingly hostile to American interests, while relations are improving with old enemies like Vietnam. Key countries in Central and South America are sliding back toward socialism, while the military junta in Burma is taking historic steps toward freedom.
Meanwhile, U.S. policymakers overlook our ally Mexico, whose war with the drug cartels is spilling over the border. What’s more, various other allies as well as potential new ones are treated as afterthoughts.
Amid today’s historic changes, America’s foreign policy is incoherent and adrift, lacking clear criteria even for distinguishing friend from foe. For some time, America assumed that democracies were our natural allies. However, as governments in Venezuela, the Gaza Strip, Russia, Egypt, and elsewhere attest, democracies can be unfriendly and even hostile to the United States.

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