Nov 6, 2012 US_RT hosts final US debate with third party candidates – Video




Nov 6, 2012 US_RT hosts final US debate with third party candidates
RT #39;s studio in Washington has hosted the final debate with alternative US presidential candidates -- Jill Stein from the Green Party and Gary Johnson from the Libertarian Party. From climate change to WikiLeaks and corporate greed -- these were issues addressed by the politicians not belonging to America #39;s main parties, Democratic and Republican. While discussing foreign politics, Gary Johnson said the US is a "bully" in relations with other countries. "We should do unto others as we would have others do unto us. We should be the US influence. Influence the US should have should be the beacon on the hill. The notion that we #39;ve been the country that stood up to the bully as opposed to being the bully", he said. Jill Stein called for foreign policy based on key values. "We deserve a foreign policy based on international law, human rights and diplomacy. Unfortunately, we currently have an international policy based on the wars for oil and the use of brute military force as a tool of foreign policy. And we see that this is basically blowing up in our faces right now." While discussing the WikiLeaks issue, both candidates agreed there is need for more transparency. "Fundamentally, no, I do not see WikiLeaks as a threat. I believe in transparency. But let it be us out there, frontline, telling the truth on these issues first and foremost", said Johnson. "That is our right to know what our government is doing -- that is part of our right as citizens. And I think there is no ...From:Felonious VendettaViews:0 0ratingsTime:07:57More inNews Politics

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