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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