Dallas County Democrats
State Republican Platforms: Foreign Policy & Defense

These are excerpts from Platforms and Resolutions passed by various state Republican parties this year. They show how far out of the mainstream are the extremists that have taken over the Republican party.

• Texas: The Party believes it is in the best interest of the citizens of the United States that we immediately rescind our membership in, as well as all financial and military contributions to, the United Nations.
• Nevada: We support the United States rescinding its membership in the United Nations and all subsidiary agreements and treaties. We also support the United Nation's headquarters and staff being removed from United States soil.
• Iowa: We support the immediate and full U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations and oppose any U.S. funding of the United Nations. We believe the United States must with drawl [sic] from all international monetary and financial institutions and agency [sic] such as IMF and The World Bank. We encourage the United States to take back and keep the Panama Canal.
• Nebraska: We object to the assignment of women to combat units. We support a return to the policy of the United States military to exclude homosexuals as a matter of food order, morale, and discipline.
• Texas: We oppose the federalization and militarization of local police forces, for example wearing black uniforms and/or army boots and fatigues.
• Nevada: We oppose openly gay individuals serving in the military.
• North Carolina: We support efforts to prevent: removing the ban of homosexuals in the military. We support efforts to prevent: ... women in front-line combat roles. The Party believes it is in the best interest of the citizens of the United States that our nation immediately rescind its membership in, as well as all financial and military contributions to, the United Nations.
• Oregon: We support the exclusion of homosexuals from the military service in order to maintain an effective fighting force while preserving the morale and dignity of our Armed Forces. The United States would benefit both politically and economically, with the removal of the United Nations facilities to another site and the elimination of the budgetary burden from the taxpayers of the United States.
• Texas: We support re-establishing United States control over the Canal in order to retain our military bases in Panama, to preserve our right to transit through the Canal, and to prevent the establishment of Chinese missile bases in Panama. We urge the repeal of NAFTA and GATT and withdrawal from membership in the WTO.
• Utah: Therefore, be it resolved: ...that the Panama Canal remains sovereign United States territory, and that the United States retain ownership and control of the Canal and all assets previously associated with the Canal and its defense.
• Wisconsin: Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Republican Party of Wisconsin... So as to maintain order, urges that service personnel who practice homosexual activity be prohibited from service. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Republican Party of Wisconsin... Supports prohibitions against placing our troops under foreign command at any time and against involvement with U.N. peace-keeping missions and other military missions with questionable interest to the United States or its citizens...

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