Former Army Chief and Secretary of State George Marshall confronted the enemy of world hunger on more than one occasion. Marshall, as an envoy in 1946, worked "to get the Yangtze River traffic re-established to reach the most acute famine areas" of China, according to Herbert Hoover.
When confronted with a hunger crisis in Europe after World War II, Marshall said, "Every humane, economic, and world political interest of the United States dictates that we, the American people, should do everything within our power to help feed the people of Europe this winter." This leadership was integral to the massive reconstruction program for Europe known as the Marshall Plan.
This was a foreign policy fueled by food, understanding its value as the foundation for all other objectives. It's a philosophy that should apply today in Pakistan as aid workers are trying desperately to feed millions of people in their flood-ravaged country.
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