{"id":45834,"date":"2020-01-15T03:45:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T03:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/15\/amid-iran-tensions-democratic-hopefuls-joust-over-military-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:12:08","slug":"amid-iran-tensions-democratic-hopefuls-joust-over-military-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/01\/15\/amid-iran-tensions-democratic-hopefuls-joust-over-military-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Iran tensions, Democratic hopefuls joust over military plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One week after<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/13\/us-troops-clear-rubble-from-iraq-base-days-after-iran-strike\/\" target=_blank> Iranian rockets damaged military bases<\/a> in Iraq hosting U.S. troops, the Democratic candidates vying to replace President Donald Trump attacked his foreign policy plans as short-sighted and laid out their own vision of what the next commander in chief needs to do to make America safer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seventh debate of this campaign cycle, held in Iowa less than a month before the first primary votes are set to be cast, had the fewest candidates on stage (only six qualified) but more national security and military policy discussion than any of the previous events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The candidates Tuesday offered near unanimous condemnation of Trump\u2019s policies \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/18\/military-times-questionnaire-sen-amy-klobuchar\/\" target=_blank>Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar<\/a> said the president is \u201ctaking us toward another war\u201d \u2014 and promised to work with allies to calm tensions in the Middle East and bring more U.S. troops home from overseas combat zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the presidential contenders also offered some sharp contrasts in their military plans. Asked if all U.S. forces should be withdrawn from the Middle East, Klobuchar and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/18\/military-times-questionnaire-former-vice-president-joe-biden\/\" target=_blank>former Vice President Joe Biden<\/a> both said that a full pull-out could create more chaos in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/18\/military-times-questionnaire-what-will-the-democratic-presidential-candidates-do-for-troops-veterans\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19289067496964.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Military Times questionnaire: What will the Democratic presidential candidates do for troops, veterans?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times asks the Democratic presidential hopefuls about their military personnel and veterans policy plans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it&#8217;s a mistake to pull out the small number of troops that are there now to deal with ISIS,\u201d Biden said. \u201cISIS is going to reconstitute itself if we&#8217;re in a position where we have to pull our forces out Americans and leave the entire region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/18\/military-times-questionnaire-sen-bernie-sanders\/\" target=_blank>Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/18\/military-times-questionnaire-sen-elizabeth-warren\/\" target=_blank>Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, however, said those servicemembers (around 5,000 are on the ground in the region) need to come home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe should stop asking our military to solve problems that cannot be solved militarily,\u201d said Warren of the instability in Iraq, Syria and Iran. \u201cOur keeping combat troops there is not helping. We need to work with our allies, we need to use our economic tools, we need to use our diplomatic tools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of the candidates laid out their arguments for why they were better equipped to run the military than Trump. Biden cited his work as vice president, Warren her experience on the Senate Armed Services Committee. She echoed her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/05\/16\/elizabeth-warren-announces-plan-to-unravel-military-industrial-complex\/\" target=_blank>past work<\/a> to close the \u201crevolving door\u201d between the defense industry and the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/18\/military-times-questionnaire-mayor-pete-buttigieg\/\" target=_blank>Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg <\/a>cited his tour of duty in the Navy, which he said gives him a \u201cpersonal\u201d perspective on military policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe next president is going to be confronted with national security challenges, different in scope and in kind from anything we&#8217;ve seen before,\u201d he said. \u201cNot just conventional military challenges, not just stateless terrorism, but cyber security challenges, climate security challenges, foreign interference in our elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s going to take a view to the future, as well as the readiness to learn from the lessons of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/11\/18\/military-times-questionnaire-tom-steyer\/\" target=_blank>Businessman Tom Steyer<\/a> said his lack of traditional national security experience was an advantage, not a failing of his campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are hearing 20 years of mistakes by the American government in the Middle East,\u201d he said. &#8220;(We need) an outside perspective, looking at this and actually dealing with the problems as they are \u2026 It\u2019s time for someone from the outside to have a strategic view about what we\u2019re trying to do and how to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/10\/16\/trumps-troop-withdrawal-from-syria-draws-criticism-at-latest-democratic-debate\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19289044618148.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump\u2019s troop withdrawal from Syria draws criticism at latest Democratic debate<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Presidential hopefuls called the sudden military move a betrayal of U.S. values and security.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the candidates backed passing new congressional authorizations for the use of military force overseas. 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