Well, howdy there internet people, let's bea again.

So today we are going to talk about unusual ways

that the average person in the United States

might be able to influence foreign policy.

We're going to do this because I got a message with a really cool question in it.

The message is really long.

I'm not going to read the whole thing, but in relevant part,

it says, I've realized how much influence regional power allies have over US foreign policy.

And then it goes on. This person is definitely more concerned about Saudi Arabia having influence than what most people are right now.

And then the next relevant piece in the video where you are answering the questions

from the college girl and talking about all the different things that

influence US policymaking. I became a little depressed because as you say it's complicated but then I thought

because there's so many factors maybe there's a way for average everyday

people like me to do something to modify one of those factors

to influence foreign policy. So my question is, is there something the average person can do

to get the U.S US out of the Middle East.

Yes, yes, there is.

And you're going to laugh.

I think a lot of people are gonna laugh when I say it, but it's true.

And it's two East, go green. Why is the U.S. in the Middle East? Why is it so important to US foreign policy?

And everybody right now is saying oil, right? I mean it's more complicated than that it's

foreign policy it's never that simple but I mean yeah that that's kind of like a

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