Fix Our Foreign Policy

Exhibit 6 below is the portion of the ASRP that will help to “Fix Our Foreign Policy.” It is supported by the Universal Principles that drive our domestic policies and the proposals presented in the ASRP. The proposed ASRP is based on the concepts of love, truth, transparency, competition, and common sense, and it has utilized the Universal Principles to address the major issues facing our nation. These same Universal Principles that drive our domestic policies should also drive our foreign policies.

There are at least four major foreign policy issues that have a substantial impact on the social, economic, and political environments in the US and they are: the current political and military conflicts in foreign countries; the illegal immigration and drug trafficking across US borders; the impact of globalization on income, unemployment, and poverty in the US; and cyber-crime and identity theft within and across US borders. The following paragraphs will describe how the ASRP would address these four major foreign policy issues.

1. Political and military conflicts in foreign countries

When there are political or military conflicts within a foreign country or between one or more foreign countries, the primary objective of the U.S. should be to work with the United Nations and our allies to help establish a ceasefire and work with the warring factions to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflicts.

The negotiations should include arbitrators and leaders that represent each of the warring factions and leaders that represent the innocent people (refugees) who are being destroyed by the conflict between the warring factions (the victims of the Sins Against Humanity caused by war). The negotiators would list all the issues that are causing hate, self-righteousness, judgment, condemnation, and persecution (war) between the warring factions and the refugees. Then the negotiators would use the redemptive process from the Universal Principles to find common sense solutions to all the issues that are causing the conflict.

The goal of the negotiations would be to find common sense solutions to all the issues that are causing hate, self-righteousness, judgment, condemnation, and persecution (war) between the different factions. The redemptive process would challenge each faction in the conflict to deal honestly with each issue. The results of the negotiations should include a plan for the prosecution or forgiveness of those who have committed Sins Against Humanity.

If it is not possible to negotiate an immediate ceasefire, consider implementing the following initiatives:

When feasible, work with the United Nations and our allies to establish military strategies and tactics such that a concerted effort is made to establish a “safe zone” within the country or countries involved in conflicts to protect the lives of innocent civilians and children so that the refugees from the conflicts will have a safe place to flee to inside their country.

This includes the use of surveillance equipment, weapons, and tactics that would create “no-fly zones” that protect the sky above and the perimeter around the “safe zones.” This would help solve the massive refugee problems and civilian casualties that come with most conflicts. It would also maintain a large contingent of civilians within the country with the incentive to become involved in a peaceful and representative government after the conflict is over. (Department of State, Department of Defense)
Once the “safe zones” have been established to protect innocent civilians and children, continue to work with the United Nations and our allies to help establish a ceasefire between the warring factions by utilizing the Universal Principles and military tactics to help find a common ground for a lasting peace that reduces political tensions within each country and the world community. (Department of State, Department of Defense)
By utilizing the Universal Principles, the U.S. must not use its military power to attempt to confiscate or control the resources of other countries without their consent, as some have suggested. Instead, we should use our military to protect our nation and its citizens from those nations and individuals who commit Sins Against Humanity by infringing on the free will and civil rights of citizens or other nations through violence, coercion, abuse, or exploitation. (Department of State, Department of Defense)
Instead of focusing primarily on military sales to the countries involved in conflicts, America should work with these and other countries as broad-based trading partners. Our focus should be on selling raw materials, products, and expertise to help other countries develop to become better customers for our industries; and purchasing raw materials, products, and expertise from the industries of other countries for those areas where we have deficiencies in resources and competition in our country.

The goal of the U.S. should be to improve the standard of living for our citizens, as well as the citizens of the other countries we are trading with while reducing political tensions around the world. (Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Commerce)
When the U.S. is directly involved in a conflict with another country, we should attempt to resolve the conflict through direct political negotiations with our adversary. If that is not possible, and time permits, we should try to work through the United Nations and our allies to resolve the conflict. If that option is not successful, then we would have no other option but to use military strategies and tactics to resolve the conflict. Our goal should be to do all we can to achieve and preserve the peace before committing our military and the lives of our soldiers to war. (Department of State, Department of Defense)
The U.S. State Department, the intelligence community, and the military should continue to have the ongoing task of monitoring and evaluating the political and military developments in other countries to ensure that the U.S. is second to no other country in military preparedness. However, at the same time, America should work toward the continued reduction of nuclear armaments and military conflicts around the world. (Department of State, Department of Defense)

2. Illegal immigration and drug trafficking across U.S. borders

The implementation of the proposed Public Personal Identification System (PPIS) would enable the U.S. Government to use modern technology to control illegal immigration and drug trafficking across all U.S. borders. The system would make it possible for every U.S. citizen, using their cellular telephone, to partner with law enforcement in identifying and apprehending illegal immigrants and drug traffickers who are currently crossing all our borders, not just those crossing the southern border. This system would also make it possible for America to begin implementing the following initiatives as it gains better control of illegal immigration across its borders:

Before beginning the evaluation process of the illegal immigrants already living in America, establish agreements with Mexico and other North American countries for the humane treatment of non-criminal illegal immigrants who must be deported from the U.S. This would be accomplished by working with these countries to provide safe zones and deportation facilities for the deportees to use to be reunited safely with their families. (Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of State)
Utilize the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. military, and the National Guard, along with local and state governments to stop the massive flow of illegal immigrants across the southern border of the U.S. The illegal immigrants would be detained at the border crossings, identified by name and country of origin, fingerprinted and added to PPIS, provided with the proper paperwork and procedures to properly apply for immigration into the U.S., and then they would be transported back to the safe zones within their countries of origin by various means of transportation.
The Department of Homeland Security would continue evaluating the illegal immigrants already living in America, using the PPIS, by setting a deadline date for all illegal immigrants to report to immigration authorities and document the circumstances surrounding their illegal immigration status. Any undocumented illegal immigrants discovered after the deadline date would be candidates for immediate deportation as described above or prosecution. Anyone harboring these undocumented illegal immigrants would be subject to a fine or other penalty.

The documented illegal immigrants would be forgiven for the first offense of being in the U.S. illegally and would be evaluated according to the current Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) principles. The INA principle concerning the reunification of families would give special consideration to immigrants who qualify for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA).

These evaluations should provide a pathway to citizenship for those illegal immigrants who qualify under the INA principles and guidelines. Once the documented illegal immigrants have been processed, the existing immigration process at the southern border would be opened again and would continue to work as designed or modified. Immigration officials would begin processing new applications for citizenship, including the applications of the illegal aliens who were transported back to safe zones. (Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice)
Utilize the proposed PPIS to address the root causes of illegal immigration to America, which is the financial success of illegal drug trafficking and human trafficking. The PPIS would track the flow of people, illegal drugs, weapons, and money crossing the U.S. borders.

U.S. drug enforcement authorities would be able to utilize the PPIS to track weapons and money and move up the supply chain to the higher-level drug dealers, middlemen, and drug producers. They would need to establish close working relationships with the drug enforcement authorities in Mexico and other countries to extradite the drug traffickers to the U.S. for prosecution.

Drug enforcement authorities in the U.S. and other countries could negotiate to give the drug traffickers the option to turn themselves in to authorities. In return, the authorities would reduce their potential prison sentences, dependent on the severity of their crimes, and make it possible for them to eventually obtain their freedom. Otherwise, the drug traffickers could stand to lose all their possessions and spend the rest of their lives in prison. (Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice)
Work with other countries, particularly the countries in Central and South America, to improve social, political, and economic cooperation between our countries, so that their citizens would have a more economically stable and relatively secure and safe environment to live in. This would substantially reduce the number of people who are risking their lives and family fortunes to flee their countries and immigrate to America.

It would also make it easier for foreigners to come to this country on a regular, temporary basis to assist our industries with temporary employment that is not readily available, and for American citizens to go to foreign countries to assist them with their social and economic problems. (Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Commerce)
It is proposed that the production, sale, and use of marijuana as a prescription drug for medical purposes be legalized in the U.S. and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. When a large percentage of patients begin to suffer side effects more damaging than the illness being treated, then the drug would be taken off the market for that particular illness. This would be the case for all prescription drugs, including opioids
(Department of Health and Human Services)
Although the proponents for legalizing the recreational use of marijuana point to the governmental tax benefits, they seem to ignore the potential health problems and social problems that marijuana can cause, which are similar to the problems caused by the tobacco industry.

Of particular concern is the negative impact that marijuana may have on children who might start using it at an early age and the impact that secondhand smoke from marijuana might have on children and adults.

However, it is proposed that the U.S. decriminalize marijuana, but place some restrictions on its use for recreational purposes which would include the following:
1. Restrict the amount of marijuana a recreational user may possess at one time.
2. Restrict the number of marijuana plants that a recreational user may grow.
3. Prohibit the sale of recreational marijuana, except as prescribed by state laws.
4. Prohibit the use of recreational marijuana around children under a certain age.
5. Allow recreational users to grow their own plants to reduce the impact of the black market.
6. Allow organizations to prohibit marijuana use in their facilities if they desire.
7. Set up guidelines for smoking marijuana like the guidelines for smoking tobacco.
8. Impose stiff fines or penalties on those who violate marijuana recreational use guidelines. (Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice)

3. Impact of globalization on income, unemployment, and poverty

When the money problems associated with the U.S. public debt and the ceiling on government spending due to the public debt are resolved by converting from the current Debt/Credit-Based Monetary System to the proposed Asset/Capital-Based Monetary System, the Federal Government would be able to generate funding for the much-needed infrastructure projects and the proposed environmental projects, which would create many new jobs and new industries.

When the proposed Asset/Capital-Based Monetary System is implemented, the banks and other lending institutions would no longer be able to inflate the economy with unsupported debt from fractional reserve banking. As a result, an estimated $92.6 billion in lost revenue from potential interest charged to the banks and other lending institutions would be added to the federal budget to help pay off the public debt.

If the federal minimum wage is increased from $7.25 per hour to $15.00 per hour, as proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives, virtually all households would exceed the current federal poverty threshold and federal, state, and local governments would begin to receive additional tax revenues and the need for welfare programs would be substantially reduced.

These additional tax revenues, along with the funds made available by the Asset/Capital-Based Monetary System, would enable federal, state, and local governments to begin investing in the national infrastructure, which is currently experiencing a $2.6 trillion shortfall, and create many new jobs.

The proposed Asset/Capital-Based Monetary System would also make it possible for the federal government to begin investing in the proposed initiatives for a 100% recycling program for the nation, which would begin repairing the damage to our environment caused by over a century of neglect, and would create more jobs in the American economy.

These new recycling industries would create new jobs, new technologies, new industries, and new sources of revenue for federal, state, and local governments. The initial investments by the federal government would be grants with goals and timetables to colleges and universities, the scientific community, and industry to develop and design automated processes and equipment for the construction of prototype plants for each recycling initiative. These grants to colleges and universities would provide additional revenue to help bring down the costs of a college education in America.

The money received by the restructured Federal Reserve System from the national banks and other lending institutions, the Federal Government (until the federal budget is balanced), along with Savings Bonds sold to the public, would be used to pay off the national debt, fund new infrastructure and environmental projects that benefit the people, and reduce taxes to businesses and individuals. This new monetary system would enable America to create an excess of jobs in the U.S. economy, which would lead to the following foreign initiatives:

Outsource excess American jobs to other countries, particularly underdeveloped countries, to help them improve their standard of living and environment. The excess American jobs created by the new monetary system from investments in infrastructure and environmental projects, along with tax incentives to recover or replace the outsourced jobs that directly impact the social, economic, and military security of the country, would provide full employment for all Americans who are willing and able to work.

To protect the new technologies developed in America and enhance the economies of our trading partners, American major manufacturers would establish assembly plants in the export countries staffed primarily by the citizens of those countries. This would provide incentives for the citizens of those countries to buy American products. That is what foreign manufacturers are doing in America today.

The U.S. Department of Education would work with educational institutions and American industries to match the skills of the nation with the needs of American industries. (Department of Commerce, Department of Education)
Work with other countries to back up their monetary systems with their natural resources, raw materials, and other capital resources (solid rocks), rather than the creditworthiness of each country (shifting sand), so that America can build trade relationships that will provide economic benefits for our country as well as the other countries involved. (Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury, Department of State)
Work with other countries to develop a system that would allow the currencies of countries to be used as a medium of exchange, rather than a commodity, to establish a stable worldwide standard for evaluating the currencies, commodities, natural resources, raw materials, and other capital resources of all the countries in the world. (Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury, Department of State)
Export the technologies we develop for 100% recycling plants, and assist other underdeveloped countries in building recycling plants and finding applications for the recycled raw materials within their own country.

The objectives of America would be to lead the battle to repair the worldwide damage that has occurred to the earth’s environment and to improve the standard of living of the citizens of other countries so that they will become better trading partners for all American products and services. (Department of Commerce, Department of State)

4. Cyber-crime and identity theft within and across U.S. borders

The Canadian website entitled “Blue-Pencil” at (Bluepencil-Ciber Crime Facts and Statistics. n.d.) provides the following facts and statistics about cyber-crime:

Some Facts and Statistics about Cybercrime?

Global ransomware damage costs were expected to exceed $5 billion by the end of 2017.
The number one industry that is cyber-attacked is the healthcare industry.
Cybercrime will cause the current shortage in the cybersecurity workforce to become much worse by 2021.
There were 19 cyber criminals on the FBI’s most wanted list in May 2016.
Poor cybersecurity practices are often caused by company employees, which include telling colleagues their password (43%), failing to log out (69%), and logging into an unsecured Wi-Fi network (53%).
The world’s most expensive computer virus called “MyDoom” caused $38.5 billion in damages after it was discovered in 2004.
About 600,000 Facebook accounts were compromised every day as of May 2016 by cybercriminals who used fake “Facebook-like” buttons, spam, and other techniques to trick users into downloading a virus.
Some cyber-crimes are inside jobs because 59% of employees steal data when they quit or get fired from their jobs.
Email attachments are the #1 delivery method for malware.
About 50% of cyber-attacks are driven by “hacktivism,” which is the use of cybercrime and cyber-attacks to promote a political agenda.

According to the website entitled “ProPublica” at (Propublica.org-NSA Data Collection. n.d.), the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) maintains a database known as “metadata” that keeps a record of most phone calls made in the U.S., which amounts to several billion calls per day.

The NSA/CSS tracks email, Facebook posts, and instant messages on an unknown number of people, which involves the cooperation of at least nine different technology companies, including Google, Facebook, and Yahoo. The NSA/CSS also intercepts massive amounts of raw internet traffic and stores billions of communication records per day in its databases. There have been reports that the audio content of the phone calls of some individuals is recorded.

This very dangerous practice of massive indiscriminate spying on the American people must be stopped, because these secret databases could be used by a political tyrant to accumulate data to destroy their political opposition or citizens who exercise free speech, and totally compromise our democratic system of government.

To protect the American people, we must have a transparent system that can isolate those particular transactions and conduct that could potentially lead to criminal or terrorist activity that impinges on the free will, civil rights, or safety of the American people. The system should then allow any person to quickly notify law enforcement to help ensure that unlawful activity does not go unnoticed.

Since identity theft of some kind is usually one of the main components of most crimes involving credit cards, healthcare, and cyber-crime, the way to fight identity theft is to make it very difficult for a person’s identity to be stolen. Fingerprint technology is a proven way to prevent identity theft.

By utilizing the proposed transparent Public Personal Identification System (PPIS), national and international monetary transactions would go through an extra level of security to make sure the parties to the transactions are in agreement and that the money entering and leaving the proposed new Asset/Capital-Based Monetary System from and to an outside source are backed by labor, materials, assets, or capital.

The current practice of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) of indiscriminately storing billions of records per day of the phone calls and raw internet traffic of U.S. citizens would be discontinued immediately, and NSA/CSS would be reassigned the task of continuously monitoring the transactions associated with the PPIS and the PFID for evidence of potential criminal or terrorist activity.

To ensure that all transactions entering and leaving the monetary system are properly supported by labor, materials, assets, or capital, the deposits in all banking institutions would be monitored by the NSA/CSS for illegal transactions and suspicious activity. The PPIS would provide public access through a cellular phone for anyone to report illegal transactions or suspicious activity.

The NSA/CSS would also be responsible for working with other governmental agencies in developing leading-edge technologies to protect U.S. citizens from foreign and domestic cyber-attacks and identity thefts. See Appendix 13 for a synopsis of the proposed Public Personal Identification System (PPIS).

Exhibit 6 - Fix Our Foreign Policy