Question

Discuss how foreign policy is made and identify the key players in this process. Use examples if or when possible. When possible, some of you may relate online articles to the chapter of the book. You may relate to the film, "The Fog of War". please cite

Answer 1

Historically, presidents and Congress have argued over their constitutional powers to control foreign policy. Thomas Fleming is a historian who writes about American history. He says America's first president had a strong opinion on the responsibility of the executive branch in foreign policy.

“The Fog of War” showed that McNamara as an old man still hadn’t come to terms with the meaning of Vietnam, yet he understood enough of its lessons to choose to speak out as the U.S. invasion of Iraq unfolded. “We are the strongest nation is the world today,” he said in the film. “I do not believe that we should ever apply that economic, political, and military power unilaterally. If we had followed that rule in Vietnam, we wouldn’t have been there.”