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07-29-2010, 10:52 PM
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He is one of the senatorial candidates for Washington.
This is his stance on foreign policy:
Thomas Jefferson said in his first inaugural address “Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations – entangling alliances with none.”
This statement reflects our Founders’ belief in “separatism” – far different from the current definition of “isolationism”. Their goal was to cultivate wholesome relationships with all nations, but wanted America to distance itself from sectional quarrels and international disputes. I subscribe to Jefferson’s views and would encourage friendly commerce with all nations except those engaged in hostilities against the United States.
America cannot be the world’s police force. The sheer expense of quartering troops in over a hundred nations is depleting our wealth and our national spirit. It was the collective wisdom of our Founders that we lead by example. Is it our place to tell other nations how to manage their affairs, or dictate their form of government?
I support maintaining a strong, modern and well-equipped military for the defense of our nation. We need to return to the Reagan Policies of peace through strength. We need to make it clear that we do not intend to dominate others nor referee global conflicts, but will defend American citizens and their interests anywhere in the world without hesitation or fear.
Our military boasts the finest young men and women in the world. I will think long and hard before I will vote to put them in harms way for anything less than clearly defined defensive missions. However, we are now at war. Let’s finish it and bring our troops home. Then, let us rethink our policy for the future.
Perhaps the proper approach should have been to issue “Letters of Marque & Reprisal” as the Founders placed in the Constitution. This was their idea of how to deal with international pirates and renegades who held no allegiance to any nation – much the same as the terrorists of today.
I will never support putting our troops under foreign command. The President of the United States is the only appointed Commander-in-Chief authorized under our Constitution. In that regard, only Congress has the power to declare war – not the President – which was not the case in the matter of Iraq and Afghanistan.
While great importance should always be attached to sitting down with other nations to work out differences, I will never vote to sell out our sovereignty through approval of any United Nations treaty that usurps our Constitution. I believe the United Nations has failed in its original mission and has now become a promoter of collective-socialism that stands in sharp contrast to America’s ideal of individual liberty. I would like to see the United States out of the United Nations, and the United Nations out of the United States.
As to specific trade policy, I believe in true “free trade” not the managed trade involved in the federal treaties such as NAFTA and GATT. These programs leave our farmers, of which I am one, uncompetitive and facing burdensome regulations not required of farmers in many other nations. In the meantime, we are importing approximately 50% of our national food supply, which does not have to meet the same safety standards required of the foodstuffs produced here in the United States.
He is one of the senatorial candidates for Washington.
This is his stance on foreign policy:
Thomas Jefferson said in his first inaugural address “Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations – entangling alliances with none.”
This statement reflects our Founders’ belief in “separatism” – far different from the current definition of “isolationism”. Their goal was to cultivate wholesome relationships with all nations, but wanted America to distance itself from sectional quarrels and international disputes. I subscribe to Jefferson’s views and would encourage friendly commerce with all nations except those engaged in hostilities against the United States.
America cannot be the world’s police force. The sheer expense of quartering troops in over a hundred nations is depleting our wealth and our national spirit. It was the collective wisdom of our Founders that we lead by example. Is it our place to tell other nations how to manage their affairs, or dictate their form of government?
I support maintaining a strong, modern and well-equipped military for the defense of our nation. We need to return to the Reagan Policies of peace through strength. We need to make it clear that we do not intend to dominate others nor referee global conflicts, but will defend American citizens and their interests anywhere in the world without hesitation or fear.
Our military boasts the finest young men and women in the world. I will think long and hard before I will vote to put them in harms way for anything less than clearly defined defensive missions. However, we are now at war. Let’s finish it and bring our troops home. Then, let us rethink our policy for the future.
Perhaps the proper approach should have been to issue “Letters of Marque & Reprisal” as the Founders placed in the Constitution. This was their idea of how to deal with international pirates and renegades who held no allegiance to any nation – much the same as the terrorists of today.
I will never support putting our troops under foreign command. The President of the United States is the only appointed Commander-in-Chief authorized under our Constitution. In that regard, only Congress has the power to declare war – not the President – which was not the case in the matter of Iraq and Afghanistan.
While great importance should always be attached to sitting down with other nations to work out differences, I will never vote to sell out our sovereignty through approval of any United Nations treaty that usurps our Constitution. I believe the United Nations has failed in its original mission and has now become a promoter of collective-socialism that stands in sharp contrast to America’s ideal of individual liberty. I would like to see the United States out of the United Nations, and the United Nations out of the United States.
As to specific trade policy, I believe in true “free trade” not the managed trade involved in the federal treaties such as NAFTA and GATT. These programs leave our farmers, of which I am one, uncompetitive and facing burdensome regulations not required of farmers in many other nations. In the meantime, we are importing approximately 50% of our national food supply, which does not have to meet the same safety standards required of the foodstuffs produced here in the United States.