U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 fly past the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during an airpower demonstration in the Pacific Ocean Dec. 7, 2013. The Nimitz was underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Aiyana S. Paschal, U.S. Navy/Released)
After the presidential debate, in which both candidates attempted to show Americans that they were the toughest, former congressman and presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul suggests that after decades of being “tough” on foreign policy, America’s power is waning. He explains that restraint is real power. He writes:
Decades of US sanctions placed on any country that fails to do what Washington demands have backfired and led to the emergence of a block of countries united in their resistance to American dictates. Being “tough” on less-powerful countries may work…until it doesn’t. That’s where we are today.
Neither candidate seems to realize that the world has changed.
I have always said that real strength in foreign policy comes from restraint. To prevent these bad outcomes everywhere, stop intervening everywhere. It is not “toughness” that would have prevented Russia from taking action against Ukraine. It is restraint. Not launching a coup in Ukraine in 2014 would have prevented the disastrous war in Ukraine. Just like not stirring up trouble in the South China Sea would prevent a war with China. Not continuing to occupy and intervene in the Middle East would prevent a major regional war which might include Iran and other big players in the region.
Restraint is the real toughness. Non-intervention is the only foreign policy that will keep us safe and free. We’ve tried it the other way and it does not work. Let’s try something different.
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