To the Editor:
Stephen Wertheim’s thoughtful call against arms in U.S. foreign policy is reminiscent of Graham Greene’s famous quip about America’s overly militarized behavior during the Cold War: “I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.” And it is certainly true that the United States could have done and indeed always should do much better in balancing military force with its other important leadership values.
But Mr. Wertheim’s solution, to withdraw U.S. hard power from the world and focus on other pressing issues like global pandemics and climate change, would be akin to throwing the baby of American leadership out with the bath water.
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