Compare the Candidates
on Afghanistan, Pakistan & Iraq
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Candidates' Positions and Views |
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for:
United States Senator, Pennsylvania |
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April 24, 2012 Pennsylvania Democratic Primary |
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Candidates positions and views on other Issues where information is available: |
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The report below lists the candidate responses to Afghanistan, Pakistan & Iraq issue questions. The responses were provided by Joseph John Vodvarka and Bob Casey, Jr. or were obtained from their websites. The candidates select the issues and questions for which they want to provide a response. The first link is a report of all the issues and questions made available to the candidates. Many issues and questions had no responses - links are only provided where we have information. If there are many candidates for this office, you may have to scroll down to compare all responses. |
| Afghanistan, Pakistan & Iraq |
Joseph John Vodvarka - D
Website
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Bob Casey, Jr. - D
Website
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| Iraq, a General Statement |
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The situation in Iraq has no easy solutions. Our troops are doing an outstanding job in battling insurgent forces. But the administration's misconceived and badly executed strategies have been turning Iraq into a worldwide haven for terrorists and endangering hope for a stable democracy to emerge.
We now know that the Bush administration's rationale for its rush to war was horribly flawed. The supposedly imminent threat posed by the Hussein regime's possession of weapons of mass destruction did not exist. And it has become evident that the administration did not have a real plan for keeping the peace after our military's rout of Hussein and his military forces. Thus our soldiers have suffered more loss of life and limb from terrorist guerilla warfare after the toppling of Hussein's dictatorial regime.
Too many Washington politicians continue to shirk their duty to press the hard and necessary questions about our involvement in Iraq. Bob Casey will push for a clear exit strategy and real plans for the Iraqi forces to take care of their own security, and development of a government structure that is widely seen as legitimate among Iraq's various ethnic groups. This year should be a year of transition for the Iraqis to take responsibility for their own security and governance.
Source: Candidate Website (10/07/2006) |
| Continued US Military Presence in Iraq |
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Too many Washington politicians continue to shirk their duty to press the hard and necessary questions about our involvement in Iraq. Bob Casey will push for a clear exit strategy and real plans for the Iraqi forces to take care of their own security, and development of a government structure that is widely seen as legitimate among Iraq's various ethnic groups. This year should be a year of transition for the Iraqis to take responsibility for their own security and governance.
Source: Candidate Website (10/07/2006) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Afghanistan, a General Statement |
| Pakistan, a General Statement |
| Timetable for Withdrawal |
| US Military Presence in Afghanistan |
| President Hamid Karzai |
| Predator Drone Strikes |
| Taliban & Radical Islamic Jihadists |
| Iraq Policy |
| Iraq War |
| Iraq Reconstruction |
| Iraq Political Progress |
| Private Security like Blackwater |
| Cutting Off War Funding |
| Federalizing Iraq into Kurd, Shiite and Sunni States |
| Sunnis and Shiites |
| Humanitarian Situation in Iraq |
| Length of Deployments |
| Deadline for US Pullout |
| Troop Surge |
| Iraq's Role in War on Terror |
| Loss of American Lives in Iraq |
| Staying in Iraq for "as long as it takes to do the job" |
| Iraq Role in Making Americans Safer |