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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by jupiter90000 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:00AM (#13479338)
Is there something about Pence's track record that suggests he'd be better for USA on foreign policy?
Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by allemagne on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:15AM (#13479405)
I doubt Pence would accidentally put American international agreements, institutions, and treaty organizations into question with weird rambling tweets. I also doubt he'd find any value in antagonizing Mexico over a silly monument to xenophobia.

Pence is no foreign policy wiz but I'm not worried about him precipitating huge geopolitical shifts against America's interests.

Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by int_19h on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:24AM (#13479453)
Pence is predictable. Diplomats can build plans around predictable. You can make deals, treaties and alliances with predictable. Your opponents know what to expect from you.

If nothing else, it at least provides some stability.

Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by vidarh on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:50AM (#13480344)
In other words: Who knows, because we don't know what Trumps foreign policy will be tomorrow. And every day will be like that.
Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by azernik on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:16AM (#13479412)
As far as I know he's more or less the proverbial generic Republican on foreign policy. Which sounds a lot better to me than Trump's uneducated unpredictability.