Do the Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee: on Homeland Security
Gary Bauer:
Shifted focus from traditional family to national security
Large number of foot soldiers of faith voters were openly disgusted with what was perceived to be more a quest for political stature and significance than to boldly stand for the issue that gave the movement its justifications for existence.
As I listened to Gary Bauer say that he no longer was focused as much on the sanctity of life and traditional marriage as much as national security, it occurred to me that if a pro-family organizations was now focusing on the might of the military and
the role of the CIA in combating terrorism, then it was no longer a pro-family group but a national security group, just like dozens of others similarly focused. It would be like the NRA saying, "Well, we still care
about guns, but what we really want to focus on is global warming." When an organization can't even focus on its focus, it's hopelessly lost.
Source: Do The Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee, p. 54
Nov 18, 2008
George W. Bush:
2002 USA Freedom Corps included Peace Corps & AmeriCorps
Very few of us recall that in his 2002 State of the Union Address, President Bush announced the USA Freedom Corps and asked all of us to serve our country by volunteering. The USA Freedom Corps, which most of us know nothing about, consists of the
Peace Corps, the Citizens Corps, AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and the Senior Corps. The last three are administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, which supports service and volunteering by functioning as the country's
biggest grant maker.During the Depression, the WPA provided jobs to lift Americans out of poverty. Today we need national-service jobs so that more Americans can give back out of their abundance' others still need to be lifted out
of poverty. A year of civilian service can be a path for those who have dropped out of school or who are trapped in dead-end jobs to gain some marketable skills and make a fresh start.
Source: Do The Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee, p.190-191
Nov 18, 2008
Mike Huckabee:
Islamo-fascists hate us & want to destroy our way of life
Then there's the war on terror. A Democrat president won't fight the war on terror with the intensity and single-mindedness that it demands. As unbelievable as it sounds, Democrats still don't understand how viscerally, obsessively, and fanatically the
Islamo-fascists hate us, and how determined they are to kill us and destroy our Judeo-Christian culture and civilization. We can put it very simply: the Islamo-fascists want to destroy our way of life and kill us. Period.
The conflict in Iraq is just one battle in this generational, ideological war on terror, as Korea and Vietnam were battles during the Cold War.
The Democrats are quick to criticize the war in Iraq, but they're criticizing tactics in this one battle without offering any overall strategy for winning the broader war.
Source: Do The Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee, p. 11-12
Nov 18, 2008
Mike Huckabee:
Fight terror with CIA and small quick strikes
We should fight terror primarily with small quick strikes rather than large extended occupations. Our enemy trains and plots in small scattered groups.
It's an enemy conducive to being tracked down and eliminated by using the CIA and the Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Commands.
These operations are impossible without first-rate intelligence. When the Cold War ended, we cut back on what is called our "human intelligence" or
HumInt (the gathering of intelligence by real people, as opposed to "signal intelligence," or SigInt), just as we cut back out armed forces, and both have come back to haunt us.
Source: Do The Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee, p. 12
Nov 18, 2008
Mike Huckabee:
No draft, but mandatory one-year civilian service by age 26
We have a voluntary military since 1973, and I would like to keep it that way. Every military expert with whom I have spoken has said that having people in the military who actually want to be there has resulted in a much better-prepared and capable
military force. But I also believe that all young Americans could serve their country in some capacity, perhaps that they be expected to give a year of service before their 26th birthday. Since it will take some time to expand the number of service
opportunities as the government works with the private sector to determine and fill needs, I would hope that the number of volunteers grow to fill those positions.If a voluntary system does not work, we should seriously debate making civilian
service mandatory. Service should be flexible, with young people able to work summers (such as camp counselors for disadvantaged or disabled children) and individual semesters, rather than doing their year all at once.
Source: Do The Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee, p.190-191
Nov 18, 2008
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