The basic premise of US National Security is to protect this nation and her people from ALL enemies foreign and domestic. In the past few months we have seen a startling dismantling of our National Defense capabilities. We MUST do whatever it takes to defend this nation. It doesn't matter to me if our enemies or "allies" don't like some of our actions, what matters is that the President and Congress does everything possible to keep Americans safe. So, here are a few of my proposals for the defense of our nation:
- We MUST maintain our missile defense capabilities in Europe and the United States in order to protect from incoming missile attacks. I will continue to SUPPORT funding for a missile defense shield and for further testing on all weapons designed to protect and defend our soldiers and our country.
- While I do NOT completely support all aspects of the Patriot Act, I do believe that we SHOULD maintain the right of our Federal authorities to monitor calls to/from suspected terrorists that are coming into this country. This is NOT a matter of civil liberties, this is a matter of national defense. We SHOULD NOT give civil liberties to those bent on the destruction of our nation.
- We MUST continue to set aside the necessary funding to modernize and build our military, their weapons and their defenses
- Although we CAN NOT be policemen for the world, I do believe in US military intervention ONLY when US National interests are threatened.
- We must protect those agencies and AGENTS who work to protect and defend our national security. We CAN NOT jeopardize these agencies simply for partisan political reasons...any politician who seeks to indict our CIA, FBI, NSA or any other agency simply for political gain WILL BE indicted for TREASON.
- We must do whatever is necessary to defend our border...which means CLOSING our borders to illegal aliens, drug cartels, gangs and terrorists who seek to hide in the United States.
- I SUPPORT military tribunals for captured enemy combatants. I also SUPPORT detaining prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. We must NOT, as some legislators have proposed, allow these captured enemy combatants to be given DUE PROCESS or to serve time in American jails!
- I DID NOT support the cutting of funds for the F-22 Raptors, to the contrary, I believe we should be building more machines designed to protect this nation.
- WE MUST wipe out those enemies who are bent on the destruction of America. We can not engage the enemy and then not finish what we started.
- WE NEED to support our allies, and most especially, provide unified and unwavering SUPPORT for Israel (albeit military or otherwise). We CAN NOT allow the Israeli's be attacked by those bent on the destruction of Israel and its allies.
- WE MUST NOT negotiate with terrorists, terrorist nations or nations who aid terrorists. We should be able to use force to destroy NUCLEAR REACTORS and other WMD that seek to destroy America and her allies.
- We MUST stop relying on the Middle East for oil. We can not keep funding those who supported the 9/11 Hijackers. The Saudi's ARE NOT our friends and we desperately need to find alternative fuel sources in order to end our dependence on foreign oil.
- We MUST close the debt gap with the Communist Chinese. We have got to figure out a way to keep more of our jobs here in the United States rather than allowing the Chinese to completely own American assets and interests.
- Finally, we NEED politicians to STOP pandering to the UN, OPEC and other foreign groups who do NOT have the interests of the USA in their minds. We MUST listen to our military commanders and give them the resources they need to adequately complete their missions.
