2007 Republican Presidential Forum at Morgan State University, with Tavis Smiley: on Foreign Policy

Alan Keyes: No troops to Darfur; but support regional aid

A: We are a nation of nations, a people of many peoples. We are in touch with every people on Earth. If somebody is being hurt somewhere in the world, somebody in America grieves for them. And I don’t believe we can turn our backs on that universal mission. We don’t have to send troops, but we need to support and reinforce the sense of local, regional responsibility for both humanitarian and military order in that region.

Duncan Hunter: Get UN to establish armed humanitarian convoys to Darfur

A: The outside troops, UN and African Union, are not getting the job done because they’re garrisoned far away from the villages that get hammered by the Janjaweed. The troops always get there too late. What we probably need to do is get a humanitarian corridor driven up through that vast country, where we have armed convoys, UN convoys or African Union convoys to get food and medicine to those people that need it most.

Mike Huckabee: Genocide in Darfur matched by infanticide of the unborn

A: I think we have some role to play in it, but I guess what disturbs me even more, we have not even addressed the genocide that’s going on and the infanticide in our own country with the slaughter of millions of unborn children. Yes, we ought to be involved in Darfur. But you know something? There are a lot of people in America that don’t think the only poverty is in Darfur--understand there’s poverty in the Delta.

Ron Paul: No constitutional or moral authority for US action in Darfur

PAUL: The US government has no authority. There’s no constitutional authority. There’s no moral authority. There’s plenty of moral authority and responsibility for individuals to participate. But every time we get involved, no matter where, for good intentions, believe me, we’re getting involved in a civil war. Even when you send food, it ends up in the hands of the military and they use it as weapons. So it’s not well-intended. We should direct our attention only to national security and not get involved for these feel-good reasons. And this is the main reason why I think we ought to just come home from every place in the world and bring our troops home from Iraq.

BROWNBACK: I couldn’t disagree more with that last answer. We are the greatest nation on the face of the Earth, and we are ones that can stand up. We had declared years ago in Rwanda: Never again. And what is happening? It is happening again.

Sam Brownback: Stand up in the face of genocide in Darfur

PAUL: The US government has no authority. There’s no constitutional authority. There’s no moral authority. There’s plenty of moral authority and responsibility for individuals to participate. But every time we get involved, we’re getting involved in a civil war. Even when you send food, it ends up in the hands of the military and they use it as weapons.

BROWNBACK: I couldn’t disagree more with that last answer. We are the greatest nation on the face of the Earth, and we are ones that can stand up. And we need to stand up in the face of second genocide when we had declared years ago in Rwanda: Never again. And what is happening? It is happening again. And it’s not just the first genocide that’s taken place in Sudan, it’s the second. We need to divestiture campaigns. We need to support the African Union troops there. We don’t need to put our own troops. We need to provide food and medicine as well.

Tom Tancredo: Get UN to follow through in Darfur on Sudan Peace Act

A: The very first trip I ever took as a Congressman was to Sudan. I worked 2 years to pass the Sudan Peace Act. I believe we have a moral responsibility to act. It is not to send troops. I do not believe we need boots on the ground in Sudan to deal with this issue. But you know what we could do? We could see whether the United Nations is worth its salt and force them into participating in this issue and in getting that solved.