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Why Does The United States
Need A Strong National Defense?
In the preamble of the Constitution of
the United States one of the reasons for creating the Constitution
was to provide for the common defense. Our founding fathers put
national defense in with securing the blessings of liberty and
insuring domestic tranquility indicating that they felt these were
very important requirements for this country.
James Madison said that "security
against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of society.
Without providing for our own security, we can never hope to control
our own destiny or command our own fortunes."
The security of this nation is a
precondition for the success of this country. Without safety we
cannot enjoy our freedoms.
Where Is The Balance?
We sometimes argue about the role of
the government. Which programs are we going to fund and which ones
are we going to end. We have many disagreements about social program
funding. There is one thing that we must all agree on and that is
funding the common defense. Without a secure nation we have nothing
else.
We must develop weapons systems that
maintains the superiority of the United States as a formidable
opponent in any confrontation.
We must equip our troops with the
finest protective gear, weaponry, medical services, and logistics
support. These men and women that have volunteered to put our lives
before their own deserve the best that we can give them.
Where Are We Fighting The
War On Terror
There are many factions around the
world that seek to destroy the United States. Their reasons don't
matter, the fact that they wish us all dead does. The excuse is that
they give us ranged from our support for Israel to our being the
great Satan.
In order for us to enjoy the freedoms
that we have in this country we must protect ourselves from
irrational killers. This requires us to be on the defense always
been on the offense occasionally. Anyone who's been to war hates
war. I am quite sure that our military troops deployed in the Middle
East would much rather be sitting at home with their families. They
have volunteered to face the people that threaten this nation's
security and sacrificed their time and sometimes their lives in this
endeavor.
We fight the war on terror to maintain
our security, our freedoms, and our way of life.
What I Will Do In Congress
For National Defense
I
will make sure that our men and women in uniform have everything
that they need to defend themselves to return home safely to their
families.
I will make sure that the weapon systems designed and
used in combat are the finest that our engineers can come up with. I
will make sure that those weapons systems are used to defend this
nation and to defeat anyone that threatens our security or our way
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