Well, their rhetoric is pretty horrible. But I'm not sure that they'd do
everything they say they'd do, once they got into office. After all, Obama
didn't do what he said he'd do when he got into office.
Miriam
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Hi all,
Interesting read here. Note how Reagan is compared to today's Republican
presidential candidates. Seems Reagan was much more willing to work with
others whose views differed from his own. Now that's a quality I'd like in
my president.
Bob Hachey
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On Iran, GOP Presidential Candidates Are Right Of Reagan
Sep 15, 2015 | By CAP Action War Room
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On National Security, GOP Candidates Are "Wannabes With Little In Common"
With Reagan
As the debate draws nearer, the GOP candidates for president are scrambling
to out-Reagan
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c017a438085e8e53207758487&elqaid=27145&elqat=1&elqTrackId=452f7e4addba4c379b
825095876e9589> each other. However, their actions, including on national
security issues, do not align with the Gipper, as a new report
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c017a438085e8e53207758487&elqaid=27145&elqat=1&elqTrackId=f38aecbbd641492fbd
c122e94377b4dd> from the Center for American Progress Action Fund
highlights. To be clear, Reagan's foreign policy record is far from perfect.
But there is a stark difference between Reagan and the extremism of the GOP
candidates on foreign policy. Despite his foreign policy rhetoric, Reagan
was actually open to negotiating with his enemies and supported treaties
created by previous presidents. Here are two ways Reagan differs from
today's extreme GOP.
Reagan negotiated with his enemies on nuclear arms.
Reagan negotiated with the Soviet Union and he held multiple summits with
the Soviet Union's General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Despite their
differences, the two men signed
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c017a438085e8e53207758487&elqaid=27145&elqat=1&elqTrackId=12e49e73365b4d398a
ba9a8240024ac6> the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty eliminating an
entire category of nuclear missiles. As the Reagan Foundation
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bda26056b07949> puts it, "the unlikely pairing of a devoted anti-Communist
advocate of capitalism with a dyed-in-the-wool Marxist resulted not only in
the most significant arms reduction treaty in history, but in a permanent
change in U.S.-Soviet relations."
Current GOP candidates have veered far from Reagan's stance toward
negotiations and have instead taken extreme positions. Scott Walker declared
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c017a438085e8e53207758487&elqaid=27145&elqat=1&elqTrackId=67f7f3c8885f466e8d
0c660228ecbec3> , "I will put in place crippling economic sanctions on Iran
and I will convince our allies to do the same." And former Gov. Huckabee
said
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0ce8c7401325d6> he would consider using "military force, to topple the
terrorist Iranian regime" if he were president.
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Reagan upheld treaties from previous presidents.
As president, Reagan upheld
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fa95c189bd2913> Nixon's SALT I treaty and Carter's SALT II treaty, despite
the fact SALT II wasn't even ratified
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c017a438085e8e53207758487&elqaid=27145&elqat=1&elqTrackId=60d27f26bb294b279d
093fa753246c4d> by the Senate. In contrast, many GOP candidates have said
they would not uphold the Iran deal, even though the deal is the best option
we have to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuke. Gov. Walker, Fiorina, and
Sen. Rubio even committed to ripping up the deal on the first day
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c017a438085e8e53207758487&elqaid=27145&elqat=1&elqTrackId=a49de94cf69d484594
156c420efc8f92> of their presidency. Not to be outdone, Sens. Cruz, Paul,
and Rubio undermined President Obama's negotiations by signing
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c017a438085e8e53207758487&elqaid=27145&elqat=1&elqTrackId=4bb5d28562fc4bc1bf
00cffd4a3953bc> a letter to the leaders of Iran advising them that the
president has no authority to negotiate with them.
Though GOP candidates love to love Reagan, these staunch differences in
approach to national security prove they aren't following in his footsteps.
Lawrence Korb, the assistant Secretary of Defense under Reagan, sums it up
well: in reality, the current GOP candidates are "wannabes with little in
common
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3dfedb57c91e4b&elq=34f4b54c017a438085e8e53207758487&elqCampaignId=3835&elqai
d=27145&elqat=1> " with Reagan.
BOTTOM LINE: In Wednesday's debate, GOP candidates will most likely compete
to be viewed as the heir to Ronald Reagan's legacy. But these are not Reagan
Republicans. Their extreme positions on the Iran deal and other issues show
that they all lack the pragmatism and penchant for compromise that allowed
the 40th president to appeal beyond his conservative base.
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