Peace Through Strength
Our military needs to be strong but it does not necessarily need to
be large to be strong. Many military bases remain open simply because of
economic pressures and the resulting loss to local communities and
states or foreign countries when bases are closed. We need to end the
practice of economic subsidization through our military bases.
Expanding
and enhancing military intelligence and the CIA is one of the best ways
to ensure we never have to go to war as we can identify and eliminate
potential threats early on.
Re-activating the Star Wars program
and developing a missile defense shield should be a top priority as this
type of system would negate the need for any escalation of nuclear
armaments as this would render those weapons of mass destruction
ineffective.
Superior armaments and superior mobilization vehicles
will allow America to act and respond swiftly to any threats.
Modernization of our current vehicles and armaments will be a top
priority.
We encourage a great expansion of our air and sea
defensive capabilities so we have the ability to strike anywhere in the
world without having to rely on other countries for assistance. We also
encourage the development of technologically advanced land based
tactical weapons platforms.
We will greatly expand our military
space capabilities and would greatly expand our Air Force, Navy, and
Marines while greatly contracting our largest branch of the military,
the Army. We would concentrate on expanding our special forces personnel
such as the Green Berets, Army Rangers, Navy Seals, and Delta Force
programs.
We would reduce our standing army to the readiness and
response of the Green Berets, Army Rangers, and Army National Guard. All
other bases would be closed and shuttered. Older military assets would
be sold to the States, then to US Corporations, then to NATO and
Friendly countries. Newer assets will be distributed to state national
guard bases and to the U.S. Marine Corp.
From the numbers we have been provided our military is in over 100 countries with over 700 military bases.
We
intend to safely and responsibly remove our military from 70 countries
and close 550 military bases while at the same time expanding and
enhancing the the bases we do keep with the latest technology and
superior armaments. 6 foreign bases will be greatly expanded and they
are:
- Andersen AFB Apra Harbor, Guam
- Balad Air Base Anaconda, Iraq
- Bezmer Air Base Bulgaria
- Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean
- Guantanamo Bay in Cuba
- Manas Airbase in Kirgistan
As a constitutional issue, “Peace through Strength” means:
1) Protecting our borders.
2) Protecting the rights and liberties of the people.
3) Ensuring domestic tranquility.
4) Maintaining strong local state governments by the people.
5) Sound monetary policy.
6) Competitive commerce, trade, job markets, industry.
7) Military forces prepared to defend America.
8) Statesmen who can resolve issues of foreign policy using negotiation and diplomacy.
9) Protecting the right to keep and bear arms.
10) High quality education and technical expertise.
Peace through Strength does not imply aggression, conquest, or coercion.
We
believe and encourage our citizens to be armed. This is why we believe
that anyone with no felonies and of stable mind and character, that wish
to possess fully automatic weapons and incendaries be allowed to do so
with 1 year of military training and 7 days per year there after until
age 65. This allows us to saturate the public with weapons that can be
used as a great deterrent to any invading force. This is not unlike what
Switzerland and Austria do.
A
people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of
ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and
domestic oppression."
"To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."
President George Washington
We believe in supporting Ronald Reagan’s three most important pillars of national security
- peace through strength;
- trust but verify; and
- beware of
evil in the modern world. We followed that wisdom. And communism
collapsed. The Soviet empire crumbled. Tyrants everywhere fell onto the
ash heap of history. And emerging democracies and markets gave promise
to the long held desire of human kind for peace and prosperity.
The
first pillar, "strength", Reagan described was both military and
economic—the two worked hand in hand. We did not apologize for our
military power. It created the peace. And we did not demonize
prosperity. Pursuing happiness is right there in our Constitution.
The
second pillar, "agreements or deals", whether with friend or foe were,
only as good as our ability to ensure their implementation. While
verification was most associated with the arms control agreements Reagan
negotiated with the former Soviet Union, it applied to much more. The
corollary was that in the absence of verifiability, we did not trust our
adversaries. Reagan was also saying: "Don't trust if you can't verify".
The
third pillar, and the one often forgotten, is that Reagan understood
that evil stalks the modern world. And this was true, whether it was the
communism of the Soviet Union, the gulag that was Vietnam and Cambodia,
or the murderous regimes in Iran, North Korea, Grenada or Cuba, or as
important, their terrorist allies and accomplices
Today
we have infiltration through porous borders from the Taliban, Drug
Lords, and Islamic fundamentalist. This policy cannot be glossed over as
it is being done by the current administration. China, Russia, and
other nuclear powers are becoming allied or supporting rogue countries
like N. Korea, Iran, and Venezuela.This is unconscionably letting our country wide open to a horrific terrorist attack.
Our
Country has yet to see biological, chemical, or nuclear attack that
would eliminate a much larger population than that of 9-11. It is of the
highest importance for the Federal Government to protect our borders
and develop a second to none defense.
[
shouldn't the Army be the responsibility solely of the states? ] [ We
were talking of modernizing the Navy fleet but downsizing ]