Again, my goal in this thread, was to point out that this is a discussion that needs to be had in US media and society at large, and Russiagate offers a good jumping-off point. My goal wasn't to discuss it myself, as that's beside the point.
Nevertheless...
All else is meddling. If you want this meddling to stop, you need to look at what is causing the meddling: Resource grabs, weapon sales, corporate access to markets, globalization, all for profit. Take away the cause.
Four things on that :
First, your statement excludes humanitarian aid to countries not in crisis. Was that intentional ?
No, it wasn't intentional. Humanitarian aid has its problems, because it's often used to dump surplus food (so the manufacturers don't lose money) and kills local agriculture. Humanitarian aid is also often used as leverage between warring factions, and it stimulates corruption.
In my opinion, humanitarian aid works best if there's a comprehensive long-term plan on helping a region in crisis. Along the lines of give a man a fish or teach him how to fish. Stop the fighting and then get basic necessities, like housing and sustainable agriculture (as far away removed from western lifestyles as possible), back up again. Commit to that for 10-20 years.
I'm 100% sure that it's possible to set up a template, and have it executed by an international army of soldiers, diplomats, craftsmen and social workers.
Second, your statement excludes training of the military of countries not in crisis. Was that intentional too ?
Yes, that was intentional. Training foreign militaries is clearly an open invitation for meddling, because somehow the US always trains foreign militaries that ensure cheap access to resources, and a wide open market for US corporations, and plenty of weapon sales this newly trained military needs.
Thirdly, your statement excludes training of journalists in spreading free speech. Was that intentional too ?
Yes, this was intentional too. It's self-evident that 'spreading free speech' is also open to abuse, for instance, to sow discord in another country. Would you be okay with Russia training American journalists in spreading free speech?
Fourthly, for a country in distress, you propose to send in the military, enforce a ceasefire.
The UN did that in Bosnia in 1995. Didn't work out too well. Captured UN solders were used as human shields, and various atrocities (like Srebrenica) still happened.
Actually, no, the UN didn't do that. And neither did NATO, which was hampered less by Russian vetoes. But if they had properly intervened, for instance, by bombing the hell out of the SOBs who were targeting Sarajevo with howitzers from the hills, the fighting would've been over in no time.
I've translated several documentaries on Srebrenica, and there too, the central theme of the story is that the UN promised and threatened a lot, but in the end refused to do anything, essentially betraying Dutchbat and stabbing the local population in the back.
There's a poignant story of the Dutchbat commander Thom Karremans convincing Muslim fighters to retreat and not engage with Mladic's troops because the NATO would come in with planes the next morning and bomb the Bosnian Serbs. And so, the next morning at dawn, all the Muslims were looking up at the sky and waiting. Nothing ever came, and the Serbs could march all the way to Srebrenica and do the things they did.
I'd rather not talk too much about the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the role of the international community, as it still saddens me to no end. Let me just say that I wish you had been there with me to witness the war in Yugoslavia up close. If it helped me lose my nationalism and get a broader perspective on war and how it comes about, I'm sure it would've shaped your thinking as well.
I'll end with the statement from my previous post:
If you want the meddling to stop, you need to look at what is causing the meddling: Resource grabs, weapon sales, corporate access to markets, globalization, all for profit. Take away the cause.