RP needs to assemble a top rated defense advisory team now!

[klamath]

RP has make a huge impact with his economic plan with many big name conservatives but the hang up is national defence. He needs to bring together a team of retired military officers and national defence experts that agree with him and build a plan backed up with strategic expertise. If he can sell this to the strong defence conservatives he will break down that last barrier and start surging in the polls. It has to be specific enough to actually talk about positions of army groups and naval bases and airbases with contingency defence plans for specific kinds credible threats.
RP Campaign GET a team together of respected experts and present a major defence plan!

 

[bluesc]

What the campaign needs to do is hold focus groups and everything else they can in preparation of the foreign policy debate. It can either kill his chances or give him the boost that is so sorely needed.

 

[sailingaway]

He has that Heritage Foundation debate coming up, with HF being funded by the MIC, so it wouldn't hurt.

 

[rich34]

He just needs to stay on que and tie everything into fiscal sanity, but it would be nice to have some generals supporting him.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Generals don't make policies. They conduct warfare. If he was to have anyone though I think it might be good to look into Tommy Franks as a secretary of defense. I just don't know if Tommy Franks is a good guy,but hes got a lot of experience.

 

[klamath]

He just needs to stay on que and tie everything into fiscal sanity, but it would be nice to have some generals supporting him.

He needs to sell how his defence strategy is to be laid out with strategic military experts to back him. He will not break out of the 10% range if he doesn't.
He needs a plan to force the debate on specifically what it takes to defend the US. He is not trying to sell this to neocons but those that believe the military is there to defend the US only. There is a huge block of republican voters that believe this way that can be sold.

 

[klamath]

Generals don't make policies. They conduct warfare. If he was to have anyone though I think it might be good to look into Tommy Franks as a secretary of defense. I just don't know if Tommy Franks is a good guy,but hes got a lot of experience.

Generals develope defence plans. The president tells the generals what area he wants defended THEY build the plan on what it takes to defend it. They need to believe in the same world view as RP though. When politicians try and do the jobs of military officers it is a disaster.
This is the same as RP getting the Bin Laden CIA expert to back up blowback theory. Why did he need to do that if what you say is true.

 

[sunghoko]

When he says "we can't afford it", it comes across as "he wants compromise the military and put our troops in harms way" Point out of government waste and that DoD spending is just a bunch of expensive defense contracts. Point out the government waste and instead using the money to actually helping the American people. That $2 billion Biden talked about used on Libya? That could have been used here

 

[bluesc]

When he says "we can't afford it", it comes across as "he wants compromise the military and put our troops in harms way" Point out of government waste and that DoD spending is just a bunch of expensive defense contracts. Point out the government waste and instead using the money to actually helping the American people. That $2 billion Biden talked about used on Libya? That could have been used here

Hence focus groups and very careful wording. More of the same isn't going to work here. The only barrier for Ron is foreign policy.

 

[RIPLEYMOM]

I second the idea to unveil a Defense Plan in the same way the Trillion dollar plan was revealed and marketed. Soonish.

 

[sailingaway]

When he says "we can't afford it", it comes across as "he wants compromise the military and put our troops in harms way" Point out of government waste and that DoD spending is just a bunch of expensive defense contracts. Point out the government waste and instead using the money to actually helping the American people. That $2 billion Biden talked about used on Libya? That could have been used here

Heck, what about the two TRILLION the Pentagon 'lost' in 2004? (Or 2003, have to google it..)

I agree. Ron doesn't want to cut defense, he wants to stop being the go to world police force and stop funding make work for the MIC.

 

[R3volutionJedi]

The next CNN debate is strictly about Foreign Policy, it's on November 15. The campaign needs to prepare for this one TO THE MAX. This could be good or bad, depending what happens. Doug Wead needs to debate prep him, and Ron's has to get his own Michele bachmann sailor suit (jk on the last one there)

 

[Simple]

What the campaign needs to do is hold focus groups and everything else they can in preparation of the foreign policy debate. It can either kill his chances or give him the boost that is so sorely needed. More of the same isn't going to work here. The only barrier for Ron is foreign policy.

I agree very much with the above. This too has been my experience with dealing with people.

Might I humbly suggest that a good argument for defense would be to tear down these signs and open military bases in the lawless lands of Arizona.

 

[sabu140]

I was thinking he needed a defense/foreign policy plan as well. I think his economic plan did very well because it has a big goal of cutting a trillion dollars and balancing the budget. It didn't go too far in terms of what would be acceptable by the mainstream.

A key to gaining support/ credibility a defense plan by Ron Paul would be having it be drafted or supported by defense/intelligence experts. One key is to have voices other than Ron Paul supporting it. I have seen some video endorsements by some retired military officers. The campaign needs to get them on the campaign trail speaking on behalf of Ron Paul.

A defense plan should be put out that establishes the priority of defending the United States without being to dramatic of withdrawing troops around the world. Being in the military myself I have seen the 2005 base realignment and closure (BRAC) that was proposed by a review board and passed by congress. There have been multiple BRACs since World War 2 and the recommendation for the next BRAC is 2015. If Ron Paul proposes a BRAC that would emphasize getting the National Guard and Coast Guard back in the US it could work. As well as indicating the increased capability of US troops being in the US and the economic impact in the US. In NW FL we had an Army SF battalion from the 2005 BRAC relocated to our region that resulted in some economic growth.

 

[james1844]

I absolutely agree with this. One thing Obama did during his nomination processes was that he was very smart about getting support from the military. Once a few retired generals start to agree with Paul, its going to take a lot of the wind out of people's criticism of his foreign policy.

 

[isrow]

The campaign needs to release a defense and foreign policy plan as a top priority but after his economic plan starts to lose attention. He needs to specify where troops are going to moved to and a transition to a peace time society. Focus on securing the border and protecting the homeland is pure red meat.

 

[realtonygoodwin]

I second the idea to unveil a Defense Plan in the same way the Trillion dollar plan was revealed and marketed. Soonish.

Yes.

 

[milo10]

RP has make a huge impact with his economic plan with many big name conservatives but the hang up is national defence. He needs to bring together a team of retired military officers and national defence experts that agree with him and build a plan backed up with strategic expertise. If he can sell this to the strong defence conservatives he will break down that last barrier and start surging in the polls. It has to be specific enough to actually talk about positions of army groups and naval bases and airbases with contingency defence plans for specific kinds credible threats.
RP Campaign GET a team together of respected experts and present a major defence plan!

Outstanding idea. It would be great as well if these retired military and intelligence officers did media appearances.

I would suggest Michael Scheuer as part of this in some way.

 

[klamath]

Outstanding idea. It would be great as well if these retired military and intelligence officers did media appearances.

I would suggest Michael Scheuer as part of this in some way.

Yes Scheuer is the first block of his team. Many strong defence conservatives are stuck in cold war defence posture and it is up to RP to bring together a team to show how the cold war defence posture is outdated and a waste of money we don't have.

 

[klamath]

I tried.