State of Wyoming Archives: on Foreign Policy
Charlie Hardy:
Served as Catholic missionary in South America
I was born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the son of European immigrants. As a citizen of the United States, I feel I have been a very fortunate person--and I've dedicated myself to helping others get the same opportunities.
For nearly 30 years, I served communities throughout Wyoming and in South America as a Catholic priest, missionary, and educator.
During the twenty years I ministered as priest in the Diocese in Cheyenne, I served pastorally in the communities of Cheyenne, Laramie, Rock Springs and Casper. I was also the Superintendent of Catholic Schools in Wyoming and executive director of the
Diocesan Pastoral Council. Then, from 1985 to 1993, I ministered in poverty-stricken areas in South America--living for most of the eight years in a pressed-cardboard-and-tin shack in a barrio on the edge of Caracas, Venezuela.
Source: 2014 Wyoming Senate campaign website, RunWithCharlie2014.com
Feb 18, 2014
Charlie Hardy:
Goal of foreign policy should be to make friends
Hardy said American foreign policy has only resulted in making more enemies than ever before. "That is not foreign policy,"
Hardy said. "We should try to make friends. I don't think we're accomplishing that."
Source: Powell Tribune coverage of 2014 Wyoming Senate race
Mar 18, 2014
Liz Cheney:
Isolationism is a mistake; ignoring threats is dangerous
Q: The Republican Party is turning away from the brand of foreign policy that you and your father have long espoused. Is that a danger for the Republican Party?
A: I think that yes, it is dangerous. I think isolationism is a mistake, no matter what party you see it in.
We have to remember that there are two threats to our freedom: there's a threat that comes from the federal government, from the Obama Administration policies, but there's also a huge and significant threat from al-Qaeda.
The war on terror is still underway. Al-Qaeda is stronger today than it's been in many years. We have to be able to protect our freedom from both of those threats.
Source: Time Magazine interview on 2014 Wyoming Senate race
Nov 21, 2013
Liz Cheney:
1988: Nobody listens to divestment protests on apartheid
In a 1988 op-ed for her college newspaper, Liz Cheney had a stern message for anti-apartheid activists campaigning for freedom in South Africa: "frankly, nobody's listening." Cheney has not spoken publicly on Mandela since his death last week.In the
1980s, when Cheney was attending Colorado College, a campus group called the Colorado College Community Against Apartheid led regular demonstrations to push the college to adopt a policy of divestment--an economic protest in which the college would agree
not to invest in companies that had business interests in South Africa. The group, as did protesters on other campuses, constructed a "shanty town" on the quad, and it organized an on-stage demonstration at the school's 1987 graduation ceremony. That
year's commencement speaker: Liz Cheney's mother, Lynne.
Ultimately, Cheney's argument won out on her campus. Colorado College was not one of the 167 American educational institutions to divest its financial resources from South Africa in the 1980s.
Source: Mother Jones magazine on 2014 Wyoming Senate race
Dec 10, 2013
Liz Cheney:
1988: Help South African blacks, but not by empty protests
In her 1988 op-ed in the Colorado College Catalyst student newspaper, Liz Cheney referred to the white South African regime as a "racist government" that had "oppressed South African blacks." But she argued against punitive economic action--and dismissed
the entire divestment movement. "South Africa is indeed a moral cesspool," she wrote. But divestment, she argued, would amount to an empty gesture: "It is fulfilling to express our moral outrage, but no responsible person would do so at the expense of
the thousands of black workers employed in US firms in South Africa.""We can choose to make ourselves feel better by proclaiming our outrage and walking away or we can take the more difficult route of committing ourselves to bringing down the pillars
of Apartheid by providing jobs, education and training for South African blacks," she wrote.
The African National Congress and their supporters around the world backed divestment as a means to bring about the end of the apartheid regime.
Source: Mother Jones magazine on 2014 Wyoming Senate race
Dec 10, 2013
Merav Ben-David:
Climate change connected to fate of Middle East
Wars are largely about resources, and in the Middle East the most valuable resource is water. The region is projected to experience severe drying as a result of climate change. For a region where millions already suffer from starvation and violence,
additional climate-related stresses will be devastating. Any global climate mitigation plan should have specific details for addressing the Middle East, and be developed in conjunction with the region's countries.
Source: 2020 Wyoming Senate campaign website CorkyForSenate.com
Oct 10, 2020
Merav Ben-David:
Against Israeli government's Palestinian policies
On Mideast: "People ask a lot about what is my position about Israel and are interested in my response especially relative to the Palestinians," she said. "So far,
most of people's responses are positive, not negative. I mean, I do not support what the Israeli government is doing. I think it's atrocious. And I voiced my opinion. And so people appreciate that."
Source: Ha'Aretz (Israel) on 2020 Wyoming Senate race
Aug 19, 2020
Reid Rasner:
US and NATO should stop funding Ukraine; force peace
Rasner also wants the U.S. to stop funding Ukraine, believing the United States will end up getting into a "hot war" with Russia. He said the
U.S. should "force peace" in the region, in part by telling NATO allies to stop funding Ukraine. Both sides will lose something, he said, but the U.S. and the world will win.
Source: Powell Tribune on 2024 Wyoming Senate race
Oct 31, 2023
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