Military Platform
Bringing soldiers back home
Focus more on domestic problems
Allocate money from military abroad to veterans at home
64.4 Billion for Overseas Contingency will be cut to 10 Billion
534.3 Billion for Base Budget will be cut to 300 Billion
This will happen but cutting down on defense contractors
187.9 to Defense Related Agencies and Budgets major increase in veterans, minor increase in state department, homeland security major cut
Pro soldiers by keeping them safe by keeping them out of dangerous war zones.
Having more information on how absolutely flawed drone strikes are in the media, there will be little to no support of it from the people, therefore lessening the gov’t need to support any programs without, hopefully diminishing the program
"TBIJ reports that from June 2004 through mid-September 2012, available data indicate that drone strikes killed 2,562 - 3,325 people in Pakistan, of whom 474 - 881 were civilians, including 176 children. TBIJ reports that these strikes also injured an additional 1,228 - 1,362 individuals," according to the Stanford/NYU study.
13 January 2006- Seventy-six children and 29 adults; yet the person who they planned to attack, who was to become the new leader of Al Qaeda is still alive today
15 October 2010- 128 people dead; 13 children
In 2004 there were 394 Civilian deaths in Pakistan and Yemen
For the ISIS situation, instead of dealing with it with violence, it will be dealt with the diplomacy and cutting of their resources of propaganda
534.3 Billion to Base Budget 300
64.4 Billion to 10 Overseas Contingency
187.9 Billion to Defense Related Agencies and Budgets major increase in veterans, minor increase in state department, homeland security major cut
Cutting 70% of military presence abroad, remaining will train and strengthen people of other countries, we're not in combat we train and help
In particular, direct military and political support for the KRG will strengthen Irbil’s position vis-à-vis the central government in Baghdad, and thus may perpetuate the process of political fragmentation unfolding in Iraq.
Kurdistan’s Foreign Policy- ‘positive neutrality’
Iraq is to ensure that Iraq – which shares Kurdistan’s longest border – is internally secure and unthreatened by an independent Kurdistan. However, a stable and democratic Iraq – especially one whose leaders are conscious of the Kurds’ contribution to its success – would be less likely to go to war over the split.
America’s Current Policy with Iraq:
1. Maintaining a unified and federal Iraq
2. Supporting increases in production and export of oil resources
3. Promoting Iraq’s strategic independence and regional integration
4. Countering the re-emergence of al Qaida in Iraq (AQI)
5. Supporting Iraq’s democratic institutions and trajectory