Mark Small

I accept - & we can debate via Skype or Zoom or one of those devices. If any other candidate accepts the challenge, I don’t believe it would be much of a “debate.” Implicit in the notion of a debate is a clash on issues. 2/12

Other candidates for GOP nomination in INCD5 want to out-do each other in fawning over the incompetent who currently occupies the Oval Office (“dt”). Mr Abernathy seems to be amongst such a group. 3/12

dt has bungled the pandemic & had no business being ... well, in business, and also the Oval Office. We need to nullify the policies he has carried out, like the dictator he wants to be, by Presidential fiat. 4/12

On his campaign website are photographs: Mr Abernathy standing next to Pence, in whose administration Mr Abernathy served. Predominant? Photos on that relate to Mr Abernathy’s military career. 5/12

Mr Abernathy said about U.S. military presence in Afghanistan: “‘We need to remain committed to the Middle East.’” WFYI, 12/07/19. Mr Abernathy implies we have a clear purpose in Afghanistan - we don’t. 6/12

Worse, Mr Abernathy doesn’t understand geography, & not just that Afghanistan’s terrain has impeded other nations’ armies for centuries, but Mr Abernathy needs to understand: AFGHANISTAN IS NOT PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST. 7/12

If Mr Abernathy believes we “need to remain committed to the Middle East,” it would be good if he knew what countries comprise the Middle East. Otherwise he might expand our forces far beyond that area of the World. 8/12

Mr Abernathy fails to understand: our oversized military makes us less secure. Our undeclared wars have killed a lot of people. An example: we created the security threat from Iran in the early 1950s when we helped overthrow its elected government. 9/12