Making Peace More Likely

     Citizens who fight and pay for wars are less likely to initiate wars than national governments. U.S. foreign relations should be conducted by interested citizens, especially those engaged in tourism and commercial trade. Intelligence officers should be embedded among them. 
 

The State Department and its embassies are superfluous and should be closed. The United States should not formally recognize ambassadors sent by foreign governments. 

When foreign groups develop the intention and capability to kill Americans in America, the U.S. military should kill them, even if the host country denies entry. U.S. soldiers who are attacked by the host should defend themselves but reciprocate no more than necessary. Our soldiers should not apologize. The U.S. military should be feared, making its deployments infrequent.  

The U.S. should improve its nuclear capability and its defenses against missile and electronic attacks. 

Merchant ships should be armed. Crew members should kill those who commit piracy or close sea passages. 

Since relationships between national governments are fraught with danger, America should leave the United Nations and require the United Nations to leave America. 

The U.S. government should pay no foreign aid. All such aid should be provided by businesses, tourists, and concerned citizens. 

     Delegating foreign policy to the people would reduce the likelihood of war, saving money and lives.