Inherit the wind...
I'm more interested in what motivates planners to do things, rather than the long term consequences of doing them. Whether or not strictly geopolitical policies are called for here is a question history will have to answer for us. Those who plan them will reap the credit, or the criticism, depending on whether they are proven right or wrong by events.
The problem I see is when decisions are made on the basis of ideological considerations instead of rational analysis. There is a middle ground between brutal cynicism and doing nothing at all.