In Favour Of Non-Interference

The prime minister of Pakistan has criticized our The State for “interfering in Balochistan.”

As I pointed out earlier, our The State once supported the LTTE on our own soil.

But that apart, the news also says that Hillary Clinton is in Mumbai – and her The State has “interfered” massively all over the world – including, I dare say, Balochistan.

This is why I am a supporter of Ron Paul, the Republican Congressman from Texas who ran for president on a libertarian agenda. As far as foreign policy is concerned, Ron Paul stands for non-intervention in the internal affairs of foreign nations.

Ron Paul is still in the news, piloting a bill that seeks to audit the US Fed. Ron Paul stands for “sound money” – which means closing down the Fed ultimately.

But it is the foreign policy of “non-intervention” that I was talking about. It should be looked upon as a Principle. In a free trade, free mobility world – Liberty Under Law – each man must “mind his own business.” National boundaries will fade, and national governments in such a world should be constitutionally debarred from both covert as well as overt interference in the affairs of other nations.

South Asia presents a peculiar picture of “interference.” India accuses Pakistan of interfering in Kashmir; they accuse us of the same in Balochistan. Our own record is stained over the LTTE. And then there is the US – interfering in Afghanistan, in Pakistan, in the Middle East, in Israel…. But a lasting peace eludes us.

The good news is that the US State is broke. So they won’t have the means to carry on their global politics. Of course, diplomacy is not politics; it is, at best, “quasi-politics.” Yet, the modern State uses weapons other than traditional diplomacy. This includes secret organizations like the CIA, IB, RAW, ISI and so on. Such organizations have become part of the standard equipment of any modern State. They are never audited, and their activities are entirely secret. I call them “Dirty Tricks Departments.” It is these agencies that carry out “interference” in other lands. Their actions are invariably covert and hidden from view – even of their respective parliaments. Something must be done all over the world about such secret State agencies – especially in times of peace.

Classical liberalism means free trade and peace. Without peace, none can trade. But above all, classical liberalism emphasizes the Rule of Law. Justice is a supreme value. In such a world, there are “civil governments” that act as ancillaries to The Market. They do not carry out “covert operations” in foreign soil. Civil governments must act under law, not be above it.

Yes. I completely agree with Ron Paul. Every nation in the civilized world must base its foreign policy on the Principle of Non-Interference.