admonished republicans for not having a theory and let me tell you a little bit of a theory that i ve developed from my reading and research and its this. that you initiated a policy to put the united states into libya as the secretary of state and you overcame a number of obstacles with the administration to advocate for military and you were the prime mover. you were the one driving. you were contemplating the clinton doctrine and concerned about image. you were concerned about credit, which is not something that is unfamiliar to people in public life, but then i think something happened. in my theory is that after
this was the clinton doctrine. well, i think the effort we made, the way i put together the coalition, that imposed sanctions on iran, i think that there s a lot to talk about. i talked about smart power. you re talking about what i believe. i believe we have to use every tool at our disposal. lead with diplomacy, support with development and when necessary as a last resort, not a first choice, defense. so yes, is that what i believe, it is what i believe. and i think that, you know, libya was to some extent an example of that. you were author of the libyan policy. you were one that drove it, it was your baby and it was an attempt to use smart power and that s what you tried to do? it was certainly something that i came to believe was in the interests of the united states to join with our nato allies and arab partners in doing the decision as all decisions in any administration was made by the president.
right now is just not being accurate with the american people. not just me, this is not a partisan issue. we need a president who understands that, appreciates that, listens to the american people, works across party lines. we do not have that under this president. under the obama/clinton doctrine, we re leading from behind. that has us headed toward a disaster. would you deploy u.s. ground forces to iraq to fight isis. ? i don t see a reason today to do that. certainly, for us the most important thing we can do is lift the political restrictions this administration has put on the 3,000 some military personnel in iraq. so they can go out and do what they are trained to do. then we can assess where we would go going forward. i would immediately empower the military who are already there, the military to do what they are training to do. that would help our allies reclaim the territory taken by isis. governor walker, appreciate
governor walker, in february you said that we needed to gain partners in the arab world. which arab country not already in the u.s.-led coalition has the potential to be our greatest partner? we need to focus on the ones we have. you look at egypt, probably the best relationship we ve had in israel at least in my lifetime. incredibly important. you look at the saudi effect earlier this year, i met with saudi leaders and i asked them what s the greatest challenge in the world today. set aside the iran deal. they said the disengagement of america. we re leading from behind under the obama-clinton doctrine. america s a great country. we need to stand up and start leading again and we would have allies in israel and throughout the persian gulf. dr. carson in one of his first acts as commander in chief president obama signed an executive order banning enhanced interrogation techniques in fighting terror. as president, would you bring back water boarding?
out isis with every tool at our disposal. governor walker, in february you said that we needed to gain partners in the arab world. which arab country not already in the u.s. led coalition has the potential to be our greatest partner? we need to focus on the ones we have. you look at egypt, probably the best relationship we ve had in israel at least in my lifetime. you look at the saudi effect earlier this year, i met with saudi leaders and i asked them what s the greatest challenge in the world today. they said the disengagement of america. we re leading from behind under the obama-clinton doctrine. we need to stand up and start leading again and we would have allies in israel and throughout the persian gulf. dr. carson, in one of his first acts in office, president