\n\nWhat U.S. interest is being served by putting our people \u00e2\u0080\u0093 and our money \u00e2\u0080\u0093 in places where U.S. personnel can be killed by extremists over a video? We launched millions of dollars worth of missiles to bring down Gaddafi, and this is what we get. We hail and encourage the outbreak of an Arab Spring in Egypt, send them billions of dollars we can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t afford, -- and our embassy is breached and our flag desecrated.
\nIn Afghanistan, we continue to put our troops in harm\u00e2\u0080\u0099s way 10 years after our post-9/11 mission was complete. Why?
\nThe airwaves are filled today with political chest-pounding and calls for decisive action. The most decisive and prudent action we can take today is to stop trying to manage governments and peoples on the other side of the globe who don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t want to be managed, get our people out of impossible situations that have no direct U.S. interest, and immediately stop sending money to regimes who clearly cannot or will not control their own countries.
\nProtecting America with a strong national defense and a rational foreign policy is our leaders\u00e2\u0080\u0099 most basic responsibility. But let us not confuse national security with senseless intervention where our interests are clearly not being served.
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via Gov. Gary Johnson Releases Statement Regarding Libya Attack.
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