Strategic Objectives for the United States

i think we have a bunch of bad options now that the war is ready started. The best option would have been to avoid this war in the first place. If this thing drags on for years and the us. Economy tips into recession, people will look back and why didn't jo bidon state department in the year 20 21 do a much more effective job preventing this war? I've been thinking about whatwha should a strategic objective be for america. And the number one strategic objective i could think of wasor one of the top ones, would be, to build a strong relationship with india. It has an adversaryn relationship with china already, on the border of