Even when the United States has an interest in seeing conflict abate or civilians protected, that does not mean that U.S. forces should be doing all of the abating or the protecting.
U.S. forces shouldn't handle all conflict resolution despite U.S. interests.
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I think we are, you know, spending somewhere around $250 million in, I think, we have 80,000 females that we have brought into mediation roles, peace building roles, you know, through that programming.
Fundamentally, there has to be a political agreement. We are not going to humanitarian aid our way out of this humanitarian crisis.
The challenge the world faces today is clear: The decades of development gains that have laid the foundation for an era of relative peace, stability, and prosperity are at serious risk.
We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in US history.