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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.
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.