If you could redesign US foreign policy, what changes would you make for the long term?

Question

And what changes would you affect for the short term?

Answer 1

Short term.
Unfortunately, there would have to be a wall built between Mexico and the US. We have to secure that border.

The next thing we would have to do is break the ice on Mexico's rich to make the infrastructure of Mexico better for poor people in that country. Like installing water reservoirs, and giving the people a better education. I would have the Special Forces out on this - sometimes military intelligence can get things done better than politicians . . . . did I say sometimes?

Hate Crime legislation would be abolished. The freedom of the American Indians religious rites would be reestablished, and the government would stop subsidizing the Arts and the commercial interests of multi million dollar companies.
The current workman's comp program would be investigated for malpractice and deceit, as they are not taking care of those who are injured at work. The system they have is not working.

The current regime of Iran would be history.

Long Term:
Supply side economics would be reestablished.

Answer 2

Most of the answers on here do not address the time frame in question, and try to include information post-WWII (which ended in 1945!). The period 1920-1941 marked an actual lull in what some of these people are calling American Imperialism. Most of that occurred towards the end of the 19th century and ended prior to WW I. While the end of WW I was the cause of a large European power grab for Germany's former colonies, the U.S. turned inward. The U.S. even brokered one of the largest arms reduction ever in the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which it adhered to until the last years prior to WWII, whereas Italy and Japan violated or left the treaty by the early 1930s. In the end, the biggest contributor to the shift in American foreign policy by 1940 was the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy, and Japanese imperial expansion in Asia. In spite of this, the U.S. remained neutral in the European war from 1939-1941, although it did maintain trade with Great Britain. American foriegn policy ultimately rejected isolationism with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the education of Valley Girl, the Monroe Doctrine was to prevent EUROPEAN colonial and other involvement in the newly independent countries of Central and South America. Noble in some regards, like many things its implementation was not always perfect leading to some later resentment by Latin American countries today. Finally, there was some U.S. military involvement in Central America between the World Wars, though it was primarily at the behest of those countries' governments, and not outright invasions with "imperial" ambitions.

Answer 3

After World War 2, we rebuilt the western European countries' infrastructure that was destroyed during World War 2. We did this to prevent another war from happening there, and to make sure they would stay on our side during the Cold War. This was called the Marshall Plan. It certainly paid off. Now we should do more Marhsall Plans in other parts of the world that need it, such as Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Russia.

Answer 4

I would establish a constitutional amendment that made it illegal to engage in trade with any nation that did not have a democratically elected government AND/OR prevented or nationalized the development of business interests by private investors AND/OR had laws concerning oppression of religion or suppression of people because of ethnicity or sex.

That wouldn't fly because it would prevent us from dealing with nations like Israel, Venezuela, Iran, Saudi Arabia and China so reality would intrude.

Still, I like the idea.

Answer 5

import and export tax would be the same for all.
then I have to wait to see who our true friends were before I made any other changes