… pursue that peace and prosperity by engaging with other countries in a way that doesn't resort to the first option being economic warfare through sanctions and the dropping of bombs. We should not be the policemen of the world. War is sometimes, unfortunately, necessary. I've deployed to three different war zones over the time that I've served in uniform and served in a medical unit during my first deployment to Iraq, where I've seen and experienced firsthand the heavy, heavy cost of war. (13:02–13:06)
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Asserts that the U.S. should not act as the world's police force.
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