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Issue Position: War

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: National Security Defense Foreign Affairs Government Budget and Spending

War

America's Founding Fathers envisioned a revolutionary ideology for the New World; one where the nation would refrain from offensive and interventionist wars, one even without a standing army, where force would only be justified in defense against imminent attacks. Sadly, the US today could not be further to the opposite side of the spectrum. Now fighting multiple wars in the Middle East with no end in sight, the price is being unnecessarily paid every day with American lives and American dollars.

The United States military accounts for almost half of total world military expenditures, and is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world. During many missions, the US cedes its military sovereignty to international organizations such as the UN and NATO, putting its troops under foreign commanders and foreign flags. It is time to restore the US military to its rightful place as the defender, not the offender, of liberty worldwide.


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