Sen.Richard Lugar (R): US foreign policy sucks

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Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the nation must prevent terrorism from taking root around the world by "repairing and building alliances," increasing trade, supporting democracy, addressing regional conflicts and controlling weapons of mass destruction.

Unless the country commits itself to such measures, "we are likely to experience acts of catastrophic terrorism that would undermine our economy, damage our society and kill hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people," the Indiana senator said during an appearance at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Lugar said military might alone isn't enough to eradicate terrorism.
"To win the war against terrorism, the United States must assign U.S. economic and diplomatic capabilities the same strategic priority that we assign to military capabilities," he said.

He later added, "Military action is necessary to defeat serious and immediate threats to our national security. But the war on terrorism will not be won through attrition — particularly since military action will often breed more terrorists and more resentment of the United States."

Hes made foreign policy his specialty while in the Senate.

This is sort of interesting as a fellow Hoosier, Lee Hamilton (a Democrat) was also a foreign policy expert while in the House.

Lugars remarks are also interesting as they are not framed as a direct attack or critiscm, but as a suggestion or call for change in direction to the administration.

chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

This is going to cost him. He has also been vocal about the rampant corruption at the World Bank.

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