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Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016/Military and veterans
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Read what Gary Johnson and the 2016 Libertarian Platform said about the military and veterans.
Johnson on the military and veterans
- In an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on October 4, 2016, Johnson said, “You know what? The fact that somebody can dot the i’s and cross the t’s on a foreign leader’s geographic location then allows them to put our military in harm’s way.” Johnson was referring to an interview on September 28, 2016, when MSNBC's Chris Matthews asked Johnson to “name one foreign leader that you respect and look up to” and Johnson admitted he could not name one.[2]
- In an October 4, 2016, interview on MSNBC, Johnson said, “We put our military in this horrible situation where we go in and support regime change. They get involved in civil wars where hundreds of thousands of innocent people are in a crossfire. We’re literally shooting at ourselves because we support both sides of conflicts, Syria as an example.” He continued, “We wonder why our men in service and women suffer from PTSD in the first place. It’s because we elect people who can dot the i’s and cross the t’s on these names and geographic locations as opposed to the underlying philosophy, which is let’s stop getting involved in these regime changes." Later in the interview, Johnson added, "You should have a working knowledge of what is going on, and what is going on are politicians that beat their chests, that claim to know about what we should be doing.” Johnson continued, “And because you put them forward as being knowledgeable, that we then put our trust and faith in politicians that put our men and women, service men and women, in harm’s way. They’re getting killed. They’re getting maimed. They’re getting injured. They’re getting psychologically damaged for the rest of their lives.”[2]
- As part of Reddit's "Ask Me Anything" series in September 2012, Gary Johnson said he wanted to stop U.S. military interventions. He added that he believed that bombing Iran would produce 100 million more enemies.[3]
- During an online town hall in November 2011, Johnson said he supported cutting the military budget by 43 percent except for veterans benefits.[4]
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- ↑ Reason.com, "Gary Johnson To Announce He's Running for President Today," January 6, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Politico, "Gary Johnson: I can't start wars with places if I can't find them on a map," October 4, 2016
- ↑ Reddit, "I am Gov. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for President. AMA," September 26, 2012
- ↑ YouTube, "Cut Military by 43% but Not Veterans Benefits," accessed January 7, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Libertarian Party, "The 2016 Libertarian Party Platform," accessed August 24, 2016
