Today, Kander endorsed President Obama’s widely-panned strategy to combat terrorism at home and has previously signaled support for bringing suspected terrorists to Missouri and Kansas.
Kander’s efforts to appear strong on national security come off as particularly absurd considering he proposed fighting terrorism by…calling in the Peace Corps:
As a progressive, my beef with President Bush isn’t that he’s fighting a war, it’s that he’s doing it wrong. I want to win every bit as badly as he does, if not more, but I believe that means the symbol of America can’t just be a soldier with an M-16. It must also be a peace corp volunteer armed with the knowledge to improve crop yields, an American diplomat holding court on the rule of law, and a doctor curing the sick in a village clinic… Young men with good jobs, food on the table, and subsequent honor in their homes do not become terrorists, let alone suicide bombers.”
Earlier this year, Kander got an eager endorsement from the Council for a Livable World, a pro-disarmament group based in Washington, D.C.
- Today, the Council for a Livable World formally endorsed our first round of Senate candidates for the 2016 elections – and they are impressive: … [Kander] is taking on hard-liner Republican incumbent Roy Blunt. At 34 years old, Kander is the youngest statewide elected official in America. As a former U.S. Army captain who enlisted after 9/11 to serve in Afghanistan, Kander wants war to be the defense of last resort. (Council for a Livable World, Press Release, June 17, 2015)
With one national news outlet calling national security “Democrats’ Biggest Vulnerability In 2016,” Kander’s attempts to dodge his own left-wing national security record will only continue to fall flat.