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In an interview with the Daily Caller, presumptive Libertarian Party nominee for president Gary Johnson tries heartily to describe his foreign policy or at least a foreign policy. Plainly put, the man is confused.
He says he supports U.S. military intervention in Uganda to root out the Lords Resistance Army and kill its leader, Joseph Kony. He thinks the drone war in Pakistan and Yemen creates more enemies than it eliminates, but doesnt want to take drone strikes off the proverbial table. He wants to completely withdraw our military presence from Afghanistan, but wants to keep our military bases there. In fact, U.S. military bases should be maintained throughout the Middle East, he says, even though America faces no military threats. He supports humanitarian intervention. He wants to cut military and defense budgets by 43 percent, but only reduce national security spending to 2003 levels, and just wring out the excess.
Johnson is putting forth an image of himself of a former New Mexico governor who is outside the political establishment and serious about cutting spending. But evidently, the man hasnt a clue what he is talking about with regards to foreign policy. His musings about war and intervention are little more than guesswork, wading his way through what he supposes is the libertarian position, while making clear he is no non-interventionist.
In an interview with the Daily Caller, presumptive Libertarian Party nominee for president Gary Johnson tries heartily to describe his foreign policy or at least a foreign policy. Plainly put, the man is confused.
He says he supports U.S. military intervention in Uganda to root out the Lords Resistance Army and kill its leader, Joseph Kony. He thinks the drone war in Pakistan and Yemen creates more enemies than it eliminates, but doesnt want to take drone strikes off the proverbial table. He wants to completely withdraw our military presence from Afghanistan, but wants to keep our military bases there. In fact, U.S. military bases should be maintained throughout the Middle East, he says, even though America faces no military threats. He supports humanitarian intervention. He wants to cut military and defense budgets by 43 percent, but only reduce national security spending to 2003 levels, and just wring out the excess.
Johnson is putting forth an image of himself of a former New Mexico governor who is outside the political establishment and serious about cutting spending. But evidently, the man hasnt a clue what he is talking about with regards to foreign policy. His musings about war and intervention are little more than guesswork, wading his way through what he supposes is the libertarian position, while making clear he is no non-interventionist.
Gary Johnson Libertarian Candidate is Out of His Element « Antiwar.com Blog
As long as the Libertarian Party keeps running frauds like Bob Barr and Gary Johnson they are unworthy of the support of actual libertarians.
Wow...And I thought I liked him.
Side note...It's now little wonder to me why he was shut out of the primary debates, as we would've drawn away some of the fire from Dr. Paul.
Instead of your normal one-half-of-one-percent of the popular vote, you guys might only get an eight of one percent this time around.
LOL
However admirable libertarians uncompromising adherence to their political dogma may be, they need to acknowledge this will forever relegate them to the Nations political fringe, and eventually extinction.
However admirable libertarians uncompromising adherence to their political dogma may be, they need to acknowledge this will forever relegate them to the Nations political fringe, and eventually extinction.
Wow. I guess he is off the list. I hadn't followed him too much as i waited to see what happens with Paul, but I guess now it's obvious he is the Bob Barr of 2012.
Instead of your normal one-half-of-one-percent of the popular vote, you guys might only get an eight of one percent this time around.
LOL
What?
Wow. I guess he is off the list. I hadn't followed him too much as i waited to see what happens with Paul, but I guess now it's obvious he is the Bob Barr of 2012.
It's looking increasingly like there's going to be nobody to vote for come November.
Wow. I guess he is off the list. I hadn't followed him too much as i waited to see what happens with Paul, but I guess now it's obvious he is the Bob Barr of 2012.
It's looking increasingly like there's going to be nobody to vote for come November.
Wow. I guess he is off the list. I hadn't followed him too much as i waited to see what happens with Paul, but I guess now it's obvious he is the Bob Barr of 2012.
It's looking increasingly like there's going to be nobody to vote for come November.
I'll just write Paul in. Better than caving in ideologically to the party paradigm.
Wow. I guess he is off the list. I hadn't followed him too much as i waited to see what happens with Paul, but I guess now it's obvious he is the Bob Barr of 2012.
It's looking increasingly like there's going to be nobody to vote for come November.
Yeah... I'm more or less coming around to your criticism of Johnson. It's possible he's just trying too hard to sound 'moderate', but some of his recent comments don't add up.
Anyway - there's always someone to vote for. We can still write in Paul. And the Libertarian party hasn't 'settled' on Johnson yet.
A lot of clueless people call themselves "Libertarians" without even having a firm understanding of what the term means. It's becoming cliche.
Instead of your normal one-half-of-one-percent of the popular vote, you guys might only get an eight of one percent this time around.
LOL
What?
