National Security and Defense
With trillion-plus dollar deficits staring us in the face, we can no longer afford our current defense strategy of containment. We must change to one that is effective but costs much less – one that relies more on other countries to provide for their own defense.
The approach proposed in my Position Paper on National Security and Defense is to develop a military capability to strike quickly and effectively anywhere in the world at any time and to change our attack strategy to attacking the opposition decision-makers from the air rather than their armies (attack the head of the octopus, not its tentacles). The objective is to get the opposition troops recalled rather than defeat them on the battlefield and to precipitate a revolt in the aggressor country. This strategy should cost much less and will allow many more of our troops to be based in the United States near their families.
This strategy can be applied to the war on terror by sending cruise missiles into Iran on a regular basis until the terrorism stops or the people of Iran revolt. The war on terror will not end as long as the Islamic clerics currently running Iran remain in power. Their objective is to make countries Islamic states like that in Iran, and they will not stop until they are defeated.
We also must reduce our dependence on oil so that we are no longer vulnerable to price manipulation by OPEC. We must develop the capability to switch to non-oil-based fuels to run our cars and trucks when the price of oil rises. We also must accelerate the development and introduction of hydrogen-fueled vehicles. The fuel of the future must become the fuel of the present as soon as possible.
See The “Switch and Drill” Plan to Reduce the Price of Oil for more details. This plan was introduced through Sonny Landham’s U.S. Senate campaign in 2008.