Another candidate files against Lindsey Graham

[Brett85]

Oh, I thought he was actually against that particular intervention. I haven't really looked into Cruz that much.

Cruz was opposed to a humanitarian intervention in Syria. He supported a separate intervention that would never happen, where our troops would go into Syria to destroy their WMD's.

 

[CaptLouAlbano]

Cruz was opposed to a humanitarian intervention in Syria. He supported a separate intervention that would never happen, where our troops would go into Syria to destroy their WMD's.

Correct, because Cruz, like Connor, is a Jacksonian. Graham, on the other hand, is a Wilsonian through and through.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

You must have missed this:

"Connor has been a strong critic of Graham and the Obama administration, especially on matters of foreign policy, such as warning against the US supporting the deposing of Mubarak in Egypt in 2011 which led to the Muslim Brotherhood’s takeover of the country, as well as the more recent warning Connor offered against US support of Syrian “rebels” which he warned were heavily influenced by Al Qaeda, and a potential attack on Syria not being in interests of the US."

You must have missed the past 6 years. Many neo-conservatives have changed their positions, and have criticized "policing the world" and some other actions. They all still want to bomb Iran. If you like, we can refer to the new breed as teo-conservatives.

 

[Brett85]

You must have missed the past 6 years. Many neo-conservatives have changed their positions, and have criticized "policing the world" and some other actions. They all still want to bomb Iran. If you like, we can refer to the new breed as teo-conservatives.

1) It's a good thing that Republicans are becoming more non interventionist on foreign policy, even though they're still far from perfect.
2) I don't see anywhere in this article where Connor advocated using military action against Iran.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

1) It's a good thing that Republicans are becoming more non interventionist on foreign policy, even though they're still far from perfect.
2) I don't see anywhere in this article where Connor advocated using military action against Iran.

Do you seriously think that he would vote against authorizing the use of US military force against Iran?

Israel now faces the ultimate threat of nuclear annihilation from Iran. Iran has made clear it will “wipe Israel from the face of the Earth” if it obtains a nuclear weapon. Unfortunately, the Obama administration decided not to use forceful foreign policy in dealing with Iran. Worse, the US State Department has sent the coded message to Israel that we would oppose any attack by the Israelis against Iran.
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More:
http://earlcapps.blogspot.com/2012/09/bill-connor-israel-needs-americas.html

 

[Brett85]

Do you seriously think that he would vote against authorizing the use of US military force against Iran?

I was referring to the article. The article didn't say anything about his position on Iran. You can be a former member of the military and not be a war hawk. Just look at Adam Kokesh. But I didn't see the article you posted until now, so it's obvious that he's basically a typical Republican on foreign policy issues.

 

[Christian Liberty]

You can be a former member of the military and not be a war hawk.

I'd actually say statistically that's likely to be the case. Contrary to what neocon talking heads say, "our troops" are statistically not thrilled with overseas intervention, and many of them supported Ron Paul. My issue with this guy has nothing to do with the fact that he was in the military.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I'd actually say statistically that's likely to be the case. Contrary to what neocon talking heads say, "our troops" are statistically not thrilled with overseas intervention, and many of them supported Ron Paul. My issue with this guy has nothing to do with the fact that he was in the military.

Agree. Simply being in the military is not a negative at all. Being on the MIC tit is an entirely different thing.

A graduate of The Citadel and the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Law, Connor also serves as Director of the Army’s Command and General Staff College (ILE) in SC and is a member of the U.S. Counterterrorism Advisory Team. Along with partner W. Thomas Smith Jr., Connor founded National Defense Consultants LLC, a partnership providing clients with military analysis ranging from geostrategy to special operations; counterterrorism; ground, naval, and air combat; military leadership and military law. He is also a practicing attorney.