Posted on 06/13/2007 11:21:06 AM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
BEDFORD – Rudy Giuliani yesterday promised to make the war on terror, a larger military, and illegal immigration among his top priorities if he is elected President.
"We're going to lay out a mission of doing what other people think are impossible," Giuliani said. "I love that. I love doing what people think are impossible. Nothing energizes people more than doing the impossible."
Speaking at the Old Town Hall, Giuliani unveiled a 12-point agenda for his Presidency, contrasting his optimism and focus on the future with what he called the defeatism and despair of Democratic Presidential candidates he said want to bring the country back to the higher taxes and lower military spending that characterized the Clinton Presidency.
"There was possibly no greater mistake than the peace dividend of the 1990s that the Democrats want to return to," Giuliani said. "They cut our military services dramatically and drastically because we thought the world was peaceful while this terrorist threat was growing and while they were declaring war on us, we were reducing the size of our military."
His top priority, the former New York City mayor said, would be fighting the war on terror through expanding the size of the military. He specifically called for the addition of 10 brigades, or about 35,000 soldiers, to the military, adding that more may be needed.
"You face bullies, tyrants, and terrorists with strength, not weakness," Giuliani said.
Foreign and domestic intelligence services need to be strengthened as well, Giuliani said. He also proposed a new corps of civilians and military personnel that would specialize in stabilizing and rebuilding war-torn countries like Iraq and Afghanistan.
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He wants a larger military to nation build.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1830014/posts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgr3gDS3Dhc
Would Congress vote to draft women, as well? If not, would the SCOTUS declare that unconstitutional? You know some guy is going to use that argument before them.
newsflash, when it comes to cultural issues, Giuliani is more liberal than some of the democratic candidates. Once they run negative ads on him, he’s done
“I support the returning of the Draft !!”
As long as those stupid loopholes that allowed the peaceniks and spoiled brats to stay home aren’t included, I somewhat support bringing back the draft.
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