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Are you suggesting untrustworthyness in foreign politics is something intrinsic to the American democracy? Other countries can be relied upon, in spite of them
by estomagordo 7y ago
Are you suggesting untrustworthyness in foreign politics is something intrinsic to the American democracy? Other countries can be relied upon, in spite of them holding general elections.
- true_religion 7y agoI doubt that's what they were saying. It's simply that only 1/3rd of the government signed onto the treaty. That was public and well known. Any foreign power would realize they couldn't rely on continuity as their only supporters was a president who couldn't hold power for longer than 8 years. If Congress had signed in, it wouldn't matter who was President afterwards. Countries like the UK, don't have this issue since they are parliamentary governments so there's really only 1 branch of government with legislative and executive power integrated. Most countries in North and South America though are presidential democracies, so the US is in good company.