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It is not too late for the White House to undo the damage, and it’s a short to-do list:
- Stop gutting military capabilities.
- Stop negotiating with America’s adversaries by deliberate self-weakening and accommodation.
- Stop thinking the threat of nuclear war can be reduced by reducing the US nuclear arsenal and being satisfied with minimal missile defenses.
- Stop thinking the US can remain safe by pivoting its attention to one important part of the world and ignoring others.
- Start treating the threat of Al Qaeda and its affiliates as the core of global Islamist insurgency rather than a sideshow nuisance.
Of course, President Obama may elect to “stay the course” on his foreign policies. He may leave his defense plans unchanged. In that case, we’ll get to see what Jimmy Carter’s second term would have looked like.
James Jay Carafano is director of the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation
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