Hi Candidate Badnarik :

What is your position on the USA's use of "surrogate militaries" to conduct our wars ?

Does your position differ whether such militaries are either private (so called "security consultant" mercenaries), or themselves sovereign in nature (as in Israeli operatives conducting actions at US direction) ?

Does your position differ whether such surrogate projects are established to either address domestically unpopular conflicts (protecting US oil company assets from piracy), or to simply supplement US forces already engaged themselves ?

What future role (if any) do you see for the US's use of such surrogate military arrangements ? Can you describe any particular opporunities and/or challenges that face us in choosing this route to addressing America's future military manpower needs for our continuing international adventurisms ?

Thanks for your thoughts !!

Billy Goodbot
Teaneck, NJ, USA