My Foreign Policy Intiative

America today holds a Foreign Policy that does not run parallel with almost all of the founding fathers from Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, from James Madison to Thomas Paine. We have fought one defensive war in the past 100 years, but have fought far more than one war during that time. It ought to be a time to re-think our foreign policy and to find how we can do this TODAY.

First thing I would do is bring troops home from ANY country that we are not at war with (any country not named Iraq or Afghanistan). Close down all military bases and hospitals in countries we are at peace with and have no inclusion in supplying those troops in current "War-Zones".

We ought to end foreign aide that destroys foreign economies and uses money that the United States cannot afford to give away. We ought to stop the practise of embargoes, and stop the "Free Trade Agreements" and just agree to free trade! How sensible of a policy would that be?

We ought to re-think the War on Terror and realise that we are no longer fighting to catch the perpetrators of September 11th, but to fight a perpetual war on Islamic extremism as the Romans fought a perpetual war against Pagan barbarianism. It is a war with no end and no victory, and "fighting to win" is essentially asking for perpetuity in the act of war.

Let's end drug laws, let's legalize drugs and stop putting innocent tax-paying citizens in jail where they don't belong. Let's stop it to save the lives of those caught in the battlefield of drug warfare that has been caused by universal prohibition of drugs. It serves no purpose other than to destroy the order that Government is meant to provide, otherwise should we embrace Anarchy since that is essentially what we are given?

If these things are brought, then are we to fear an attack? Any sensible person would have to say no, for you Reason and Think of what I propose you could not possibly come to a conclusion of a people having the ability to convince people to kill themselves for a peace-loving and peace-desiring nation. It is only when interventionism in foreign politics that will drive people to do terrorism.

What will the end result be of Iraq or Afghanistan if we "cut and run"? That they will align themselves with Iran or that they will be taken over by monarchical or despotic government? As if that is what we cared about? We are allied with Saudi Arabia who is in the same area as both countries!

Let us retreat, to not only save American lives, but also to bolster our National Defense and bolster our relationship on the international level. We will no longer be war isolationist, but trade enthusiasts! We will be non-interventions, not the example Japan showed us for centuries, but the one we executed from 1789 to 1918!

We ought to reconsider our positions on foreign policy, because it is the most important policy. Not only from a Liberty perspective but a moral perspective. It is the right thing to do for Liberty, as war is what props up despotic government be it monarchial, artistocratic or bureacratic and it will prevent the suffering of foreign peoples and our own peoples through the actions to attempt to stop that suffering. It will only make it worse, not better.