Thursday, May 8, 2014

Military Intervention

The following was written in November 2013 as a response to the questionnaire for federal candidates seeking an endorsement from the Liberty Caucus of the Republican Conference (i.e., the Republican Party).

Here is the link to the original questionnaire:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwi.rlc.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F05%2FFederal-Candidate-Questionnaire.doc&ei=u3B8UqXbBqPiiwL2ioCoDg&usg=AFQjCNHAzM58Dr-APGVchRKzOkVV0TKRyw&sig2=qStOgZ0RAgXVAbnHi2kFtw

This is my answer to Question #8.




8. B and C, and A under certain conditions
   (U.S. military intervention in other nations is justified when a clear and imminent threat is evident, after Congress declares war, and when our legitimate national interests are at stake, not when our national interests are related to the oil markets, and not before there is any risk of injury to U.S. citizens.
   Intervention is also justified when the threat is imminent, the war is declared by Congress, and our help is specifically requested by the international community)
   A U.S. military intervention in other nations is justified (B) when a clear and imminent threat is evident and (C) after Congress declares war. Intervention would not be justified (D) before there is any risk of injury to U.S. citizens, because there would not be (B) evidence of a clear and imminent threat.
   To support U.S. military intervention in other nations (A) whenever a national interest is at stake is to risk supporting the use of military force to protect American business interests and properties in other countries.
   It is to risk the lives and livelihoods of American soldiers, American civilians, and civilians in foreign nations alike, by entangling the United States in wars for oil, political and military power, gains from war profiteering, and control of banking and currency in Middle Eastern nations and other countries around the world.
   The U.S. should only intervene in other nations militarily when (A) its national interests are at stake (but only when those interests favor lives over corruptible business influence) or when specifically asked by the international community, (B) when a clear and imminent threat is evident (but not (D) before there is any risk of injury to U.S. citizens), and (C) after Congress declares war.




For more entries on military, national defense, and foreign policy, please visit:
http://www.aquarianagrarian.blogspot.com/2010/10/american-sovereignty-restoration-act-of.html


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