Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Libertarian candidate calls for withdrawing from Middle East - latimes.com

Libertarian candidate calls for withdrawing from Middle East - latimes.com - Colby Itkowicz:

September 18, 2012 - "WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Little-known presidential candidate Gary Johnson gave an answer that would create a media firestorm if delivered by Barack Obama or Mitt Romney: the United States should get out of the Middle East.

Johnson, a Libertarian who is on 47 state ballots and fighting petition challenges in the other three, including Pennsylvania, suggested that the U.S. presence in the Middle East is abetting unrest in the region.

"Get out of these embassies, just plain get out," Johnson said in an interview Monday with the Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call. "Right now, they seem to be the focal point for being able to express that dissension.”"

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-gary-johnson-embassies-20120918,0,819921.story
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