I guess I should have expected nothing less from contenders at the latest Republican presidential nominee debate. It’s their job to prove to other conservatives, especially the party base, which one is the most conservative in hopes of winning the nomination. The debate focused on foreign policy and national security in various scenarios. At times, they were asked what they would do better than President Obama and his administration. At other times, contenders were asked to lay out their assessment of a given situation, such as Iran and Afghanistan, the Taliban, etc.
After hearing the responses, especially from the latest frontrunners Herman Cain, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, it was clear to me if anyone of them became president, America would stay at war until we voted them out of office. Instead of pulling out of the middle east, we’d be sending in more ground troops and doubling down our efforts, fighting one endless war after another, costing more lives and wasting more money. Some of the remedies offered included taking out Iran’s scientists “covertly” (Gingrich) and taking out Iran’s economy (Perry).
Perhaps we should expect nothing less than confrontation from the current Republican party as this is how they govern at home; namely, through fear, intimidation and measures so stark, everyone suffers. The guaranty of more wars, more lives lost, coupled with wasting obscene amounts of money that we don’t have says one thing; re-elect President Obama.
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