Disengagement and Engagement

[zeemike]

The two things we need to do in foreign policy.
Disengagement with all military activities in the world should be the goal.
And do it with the policies of engagement with all entities no matter what their ideology or laws.

This is how I see that it could happen.
Order the military to stop all attacks and retreat to defensive positions.
Vastly increase our diplomatic personnel with people that know how to make friends and peace and send them unarmed to the tribal leaders or even Al Qaeda to listen to them and find our what there grievances are. And the purpose of this would be to make friends with them and to offer solutions as well as the benefits of our modern world in exchange for peace and good relations.
As pacification takes place, redo the military objective to providing the material and technical support for our friends. The military supply chain we now have is efficient in supplying war materials and use it to bring in things our friends need to improve their lives, of to buy and ship their produce back to us or where it is needed.
Use the military for peaceful things….even in Cuba, change the mission of Guantanamo Bay to one of supplying Cuba with things they need to improve their lives and trade with them.

Now I know that this will be perceived as idealistic and undoable , but that is only because our enemies are perceived as pure evil, and have only the objective of completely destroying us and killing us all.
But I am not buying it….sure some of there leaders may well be evil but most people are not and respond well to friendly persuasion. And though it takes time sometimes, love will always win.