I must explain my vote. Although I am typically a very hawkish person, I do not feel that Atlasia should rush to use force against countries who do not threaten our national security and whose defeate would not further our national interests. Because I believe this proposed excursion into the Sudan to be ill advised, I also voted against the money to fund it.
However, I do not propose inaction. I propose that the administration use its powers of persuasion and the funds that we could save by not deploying our own troops to encourage and help fund a military incursion by one or more of the Sudan's African neighbors to end the genocide.
