Americans will go to the polls in a matter of weeks. Every Congressional candidate this fall and every 2016 presidential hopeful should be asked the following questions:
- What would you do if Russia annexed, whether practically or in fact, additional Ukrainian territory?
- What would you do if Russia began engaging one of the Baltic NATO states as it did Ukraine at the start of the current crisis there?
- If the situation in Libya or in Iraqi/Syrian territory controlled by the Islamic State were such that terrorists had as much freedom to train and operate there as al-Qaeda did in Afghanistan before the U.S. invasion, would you conduct a similar invasion in Libya or against the Islamic State? Why?
The last question is of particular importance considering that the justification given (and widely accepted) for staying so long in Afghanistan was to prevent extremists from having such a base of operations. There is a great deal of criticism of President Obama regarding his positions – or failures to articulate a position – concerning these issues. Even staunch Democrats have been frustrated. But voters and the media need to be demanding the same answers of those who would govern alongside or in place of Mr. Obama.
Good questions! thank you for complying. 🙂