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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 10:52 AM Feb 2015

Jeb Bush's Foreign Policy Plan: More Military Spending Will 'Encourage Peace'

WASHINGTON -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will lay out a vision of American foreign policy on Wednesday aimed at pushing his nascent 2016 presidential campaign out of the shadow of his father and brother, two former presidents who waged overseas wars.

"I love my father and my brother … But I am my own man –- and my views are shaped by my own thinking and own experiences," Bush will say in a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, according to excerpts provided to reporters late Tuesday night.

In his first major foreign policy address, the likely 2016 Republican front-runner will make the case for increased military spending so America can "project power and enforce peaceful stability in far-off areas of the globe." He will also criticize President Barack Obama's foreign policy, calling it "inconsistent and indecisive."

"Having a military that is equal to any threat ... makes it less likely that we will need to put our men and women in uniform in harm’s way," Bush plans to tell attendees, adding that he believes "fundamentally, that weakness invites war… and strength encourages peace."

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Jeb Bush's Foreign Policy Plan: More Military Spending Will 'Encourage Peace' (Original Post) n2doc Feb 2015 OP
Bush is a weakness that... Mike Nelson Feb 2015 #1
"Project power, enforce stability in far off areas"--Jesus F. Christ, he might as TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #2
War is peace... up is down...black is white.... nt Bigmack Feb 2015 #3
No it won't. It will be the opposite. Initech Feb 2015 #4
... cyberswede Feb 2015 #5
Yes that is why Sweden and Switzerland have been involved in war continuously. Bandit Feb 2015 #6

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
2. "Project power, enforce stability in far off areas"--Jesus F. Christ, he might as
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 11:09 AM
Feb 2015

well declare himself President PNAC. How is it that neocons survive? Fucking cockroaches.

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
6. Yes that is why Sweden and Switzerland have been involved in war continuously.
Wed Feb 18, 2015, 01:01 PM
Feb 2015

Because they have such a small military they are in a constant battle... Sure thing....

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