OnTheIssues interviews with presidential candidates: on Foreign Policy

Paul Adams: We can no longer be a bully in the world

A: I do not. We can no longer be the police (some would argue 'the bully') in the world. we must retrace our steps and become neutral. But, I do support the idea of a bigger and stronger America which would some day see the annexation of Canada, which now potentially poses a threat to our security with its longest unprotected border in the world.

Marc Allan Feldman: Liberty & enterprise, not American Exceptionalism

A: Oppose The special position of power and influence of the United States should be based on our liberty, our limited government, our free speech, our innovation, and our spirit of enterprise. It should not be based on military might or control of natural resources. We should try to serve as an example, to promote liberty across the world, so that many nations can progress along the same path. We should work multilaterally with other nations to fight international crime and not to build a new American empire.

Marc Allan Feldman: I support Israel personally, but end government foreign aid

Mark Stewart: I absolutely support American Exceptionalism

A: I absolutely support American Exceptionalism. God blessed America from the outset, and we have become great. Armed with Judeo-Christian values, a capitalist work ethic, and the precept that your background is irrelevant to your merit, we've built our society to bring more happiness and prosperity to more people than any nation has ever done. That includes our bringing values abroad. Western values have made the world better. I am unabashed about this. That's why I want fervently to "wage peace". That means we overwhelm the receptive world to our goods, our processes, our culture, and our friendship. JFK had a "Peace Corps"; i would re-enlist this concept, but without government. Our students, our businesses, our missionaries, our ex-pats, and our tourists should every day be sharing with peoples who will receive us.

Mark Stewart: Facilitate "governments-in-exile" against repressive regimes

Remember, American (and Soviet) might defeated Nazi Germany; but it was Western VALUES that defeated Nazi-ism. American might (and the Soviet threat) defeated Imperial Japan; but it was Western VALUES that defeated Imperial-ism. Our good values and our continued interaction with our former enemies helped Germany and Japan to become prosperous nations. I wish that for all peoples who rid themselves of modern oppression.

Jim Hedges: Don't support American Exceptionalism

A: no

Jill Stein: Work towards neutral Ukraine; don't arm them against Russia

Stein: We should encourage Ukraine to be neutral--we helped foment a coup against a democratically-elected government, [resulting in a government] where ultra-nationalists and ex-Nazis came to power. Imagine the inverse: if Russia did that in Canada--installed a government hostile to us--we saw something like that in Cuban Missile Crisis--that would not be acceptable to us. So let's not be single-issue--instead of fomenting a hostile Ukraine we should be leading the way in establishing a neutral Ukraine that would allow Russia to not feel under attack. We've made great strides--Putin is not a hero--but as Noam Chomsky points out, the Doomsday clock has moved closer to midnight than it has been since 1983. The hostile faceoff with Russia causes that and is entirely misplaced--led by war hawks in Obama administration--especially [Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs] Victoria Nuland, who cheered on an overthrow in Ukraine.

Jill Stein: China provides less heavy-handed foreign aid than does US

Stein: We should deal with China like a member of global community--stop isolating and intimidating China--that is not gonna work.

OnTheIssues: What about the latest standoff in the South China Sea?

Stein: It is wrongheaded for us to deal with territorial rights on the borders of China--what I mean by dealing with China as a member of global community is not to isolate them. On US debt, they finance all sorts of 3rd-world countries in a way that is far less heavy-handed than the US--we need to compete with China on that. We do need to stand up on human rights--but we need to do that inside the US or it does not pass the laugh test. Like in our jails and in our schools and in our courts and the way that we treat immigrants--we have created them and then we criminalize them. We need to get our own house in order first--stand up for human rights in China, yes, but also in Israel and Saudi Arabia too.

Jill Stein: Lifting the Cuban embargo was long overdue

Stein: It was long overdue--it was time to end our economic & political warfare against Cuba. We need to be respecting their right to self-determination. We should go there without intent to interfere in their national process of deciding what kind of government, what kind of food and entertainment they have--we should respect the choices that the Cuban people have made.

OnTheIssues: And the Castros?

Stein: We should not be in the business of overturning Castro's rule. We should encourage human rights in Cuba, but we have been harboring terrorists against Cuba and we need to address human rights violations that we ourselves have been doing.

Jill Stein: Expanding NATO threatens Russia and breaks our promise

Stein: I think this is an issue where something does need to be said--but it's important to understand where they are coming from. The United States, under Bush 1, had an agreement when Germany joined NATO--Russia agreed with the understanding that NATO would not move one inch to the east. Since then NATO has pursued a policy of basically encircling Russia--including the threat of nukes and drones and so on.

Jill Stein: Focus on human rights, international law, and diplomacy

Stein: On the basis of human rights, international law, and diplomacy. We need to be a leading member of the world community--leading but not domineering, which has become the U.S. approach, dominated by endless war, which is unsustainable.

Robert Steele: Open Source Agency to do Open Source Intelligence

• Open Source Agency (OSA) to do Open Source Intelligence on all topics is foundation for Whole of Government decision making and a Smart Nation
• National Strategy Center and Multinational Decision Support Centre are core components of Smart Government
• OSA will create Smart Nation by accelerating Open Source Software and Open Spectrum

Brian Moore: Large-scale transfer of technology to developing countries

Brian Moore: Corporate interests are the cause of most wars

A: The US government uses its overwhelming military power to consolidate its strategic hold over the entire world and to defend and advance the interest of US-owned corporations as they exploit the working people and natural resources.

Q: So corporations are the problem?

A: By eliminating for-profit corporations, we will be able to eliminate most wars, and cut our Defense budget in half.