[bert]

By declaring the Doctrine to not be policy, the burdensome consequence of enforcement is removed

The first order policy of the pacifist cowards is no war

No doctrine/ no war

QED

[Olog-hai]

Meanwhile, it was George Washington that said this:

There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure the peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.

Being weak in this capacity guarantees that war will keep creeping up to your very doorstep.