The world relies upon, and America must rely upon, a strong military.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Keep America strong. Strong in our values, strong in our economy, and strong in our military might. We hope to never have to use our military strength, but the world counts on a strong America to keep the worst actors from doing the worst things.
The world needs a strong America.
The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.
Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs.
I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.
America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.
Nations, not least America, retain full command of their national forces.
We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have.
My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.
We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.