Where The US Republican Presidential Candidates Stand On Peace

Where do the Republican presidential candidates stand on negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy as a means of solving intractable international conflicts? Reading reports about Governors Perry and Romney and Representative Michelle Bachman as the leading Republican candidates, one sees very little about their foreign policy positions, their negotiating skills, or their positions on war and peace. Early indications of how each would respond to an international conflict crisis may be based on past public statements. None of the candidates have made any public statements about their foreign policy positions or their attitudes towards peace. Instead, we must infer their thinking from their public statements around military defense. Here are some selected statements and analysis of where each candidate seems to stand. Also included is Texas Representative Ron Paul because he has such a startlingly different position from the other candidates and therefore provides a useful contrast of philosophy about peace.

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