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Title: Town Hall Debate - Foreign Policy: How will the economy a... View count: 4215 Rating: 5.0 (6 ratings) Description: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/vidLink.php?b=1223431134&e=1223431434&n=001 SEN. MCCAIN: Before we leave that, did we hear the size of the fine? (Chuckles.) MR. BROKAW: Phil Elliot is over here in this section, and Phil Elliot has a question for Senator McCain. Phil? Question: Yes, Senator McCain. How will all the recent economic stress affect our nation's ability to act as a peacemaker in the world? SEN. MCCAIN: Well, I thank you for that question because there's no doubt, and history shows us, that nations that are strong militarily over time have to have a strong economy, as well. And that is one of the challenges that America faces. But having said that, America -- and we'll hear a lot of criticism and have heard a lot of criticism about America and our national security policy and -- and all that, and much of that criticism is justified. But the fact is, America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world. My friends, we have gone to all four corners of the Earth and shed American blood, in defense, usually, of somebody else's freedom and our own. So we are peacemakers, and we're peacekeepers. But the challenge is -- is to know when the United States of America can beneficially affect the outcome of a -- of a crisis, when to go in and when not, when American military power is worth the expenditure of our most precious treasure. And that question has -- can only be answered with someone with the knowledge and the experience and the judgment -- the judgment to know when our national security is not only at risk but where the United States of America can make a difference in preventing genocide, in preventing the spread of te Tags: c-span, foreign, policy, debate, town, hall, Author: CSPAN |
