Rep. Turner on World Policing and Libya
July 15, 2011
“What role do you think the United States plays in policing the world? Are we capable of taking on something of this magnitude with all of the military actions we are currently involved in, as well as issues with the federal budget?”
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Stephanie Deters,
“I don’t believe we have a responsibility to police the world. I believe our responsibility is to advance our national security, to protect our citizens, and advance the issues that protect and go to the heart of our national security. Certainly there are issues where people are at risk and we have humanitarian obligations that arise from our own commitment, but those should never rise beyond the issue of looking to what is important for our national security.
[In Libya]…I think we’re spending unnecessary funds, were also risking our national security not advancing our national security. I think in the end this is an operation that is currently weakening NATO, not strengthening it and I think it’s an operation the President should not have engaged the United States in.”
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