Scott Ritter

When I started Operation DAWN, it was meant to provide a platform that could be used to pressure candidates for the US presidency to better articulate their position regarding free speech and the danger of nuclear war.

I attempted to engage with all three campaigns (Trump, Harris, Stein).

Only the Trump campaign engaged.

Stein initially responded in positive fashion, but then backed away.

The Harris campaign has articulated policy positions which exacerbate the threat of nuclear war and the ongoing assault on free speech.

If Harris is elected, I assess that there is a real danger of a nuclear conflict in the first year of her term. Her foreign policy team will continue the failed policies of her predecessor while attempting to achieve a major foreign policy victory. The inevitable failure of this initiative will lead to a reliance upon conventional military means the US does not possess. The pressure to use nuclear weapons will be very strong, and Harris lacks the experience necessary to push back.

A vote for Harris would be a vote for nuclear war.

Harris has shown a proclivity toward using law enforcement to limit free speech. This is a very dangerous trait that touches the heart of what it means to be American.

A vote for Harris is a vote against free speech.

Stein has articulated policies that oppose nuclear war and defend free speech. I wish she would have worked with Operation DAWN to better flesh these out.

Stein will not be the next President.

If enough people vote for Stein, there is a chance the Green Party gets over the 5% threshold for federal funding, making a third party candidacy viable in the future.

This is a worthy goal.

There are many negatives about a Trump presidency.

But on the two issues I have highlighted as being of an existential nature for the future of America—preventing nuclear war and defending free speech—his campaign has articulated policies which address the issues heading into.

Whether Trump will follow through on these policies is unknown.

He is the President who pulled out of both the INF Treaty and JCPOA.

His track record is not strong.

But in a time of bad choices, he is the only one who has offered a glimmer of hope regarding the two existential issues of our time.

Operation DAWN was designed to help the American voter make better informed decisions when going to the polls on Election Day.

I believe it has contributed greatly to this mission.

Good luck, and may America make the right choices.

Our survival, and that of the entire world, depends on it.

What would you do to save

Democracy?

What would you do to save

America?

What would you do to save the

World?

Through your vote in

November?

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