Bob Johnson for Congress - Let's Try FREEDOM!
I Favor Withdrawal from Iraq No Later than Six Months from Now and a Phased Withdrawal Over the Next Two Years of Our Troops from Abroad, Saving Almost 20% of the Federal Budget. Defend US Borders, NOT 130 Nations Abroad!
Our nation should attack only when attacked. Afghanistan needed invading for that reason; Iraq did not. After 2200 casualties, 16,000 wounded, and $1200 in taxes per family per year, the Iraq invasion has increased terrorism instead of reducing it (which is reflected in the higher gas prices as of April 2004) not only in that region, but even Thailand! Since most of the insurgents simply want us out and don’t want to overthrow the government, we can safely leave in six months, and the Iraq government will be free to crush any few remaining insurgents. We should also have been out of the Korean peninsula decades ago, since we’re defending not only South Korea (a nation with a larger GDP than Canada) but Japan for free. Bush said Clinton should never have gotten us into Kosova or Bosnia, and had promised in 2000 to withdraw, but we’re still there. We should also get the US out of the UN, which is obviously corrupt beyond repair. As our troops come home, we’ll also have a lot more resources available to defend our own borders not only from 9/11 terrorism but also from undocumented aliens with criminal backgrounds.