Quote Originally Posted by MikeF View Post
This one is up on the frontpage, but have at it down here in the trenches boys.

1. Great powers (and the US is certainly one) tend to privilege stability or order over justice or just relations. To maintain order and stability the US has supported dictators and regimes that if we had privileged justice we would not have supported. We know the argument that one does what is possible. But justice deferred becomes a festering sore and source of instability eventually. So rather than having to choose between inappropriately interfering in the life of another country or being isolationist and concentrating only on ourselves, how do we creatively engage the larger world so as to increase justice?
Deal with what you cannot change and don't be an obstacle to the sovereignty and freedom of foreign people.



2. What can the United States actually do to restore order to the world without having to engage in either global policing or nation-building?
Don't lead by bad example, don't break and disrespect the rules which you agreed to yourself. Don't be an aggressor. Don't threaten others (prohibited by UN Charter), so they don't feel compelled to build up arms, rhetoric and nukes.



3. Are there gaps and disconnects between what the United States says and what it does, how it wants to be perceived, and how it is perceived?
You joking?



4. What should be the United States military role in foreign policy?
Push for 25% primary + secondary sector share of U.S. GDP in order to make the domestic quality of life sustainable if not better. This requires a trade policy shift away from lobbyist-led corporation-pleasing towards being actually concerned about domestic output and jobs.



5. Outside of the United States military, what other institutions MUST be fixed in order for the United States foreign policy to be successful?
K Street, State Department



6. What reforms are needed within the United States military?
First and foremost: Drug withdrawal.
(Reduce military + foreign intelligence spending total to half of the current DoD budget in one administration period.)