on military power to achieve our goals. "This team meets this moment. They embody my core belief that America is strongest when it works with its allies." Biden a while ago.
Hillary was an advocate of using diplomacy including our military to help solve problems before need for military action becomes necessary, can't remember the term for that, "Smart" something?** Develop better water sharing systems before war breaks out over rivers, etc.
Michele Flournoy was reportedly high on the list of her choices for DoD, an our house armed services chair says she's far and away the best qualified. She'd be our first woman secretary of defense.
General Austin only retired 4 years ago, not 7 or more, and I'm happy to see many feel that's a genuine problem, but he'd check a number of boxes otherwise.
** Smart Power. Admiral Stavridis was a major advisor. "Build bridges, not walls."
"Stavridis discussed some of the current hot topics in global security, such as terrorist group ISIS, weapons of mass destruction in Iran and North Korea, tensions in Syria and East Asia, and the fragility of the European economy. He also covered more general topics such as pandemics, cyber crime, poverty, and inequality.
Stavridis pointed to collaboration as the best solution to each of these threats: “These are the bridges: alliances, coalitions, partnerships. We don’t have to do this by ourselves. We [the United States] cannot be, nor should we be, the world’s policemen, but we can be leaders.”
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