UKIP_Manifesto

However, UKIP does not believe
in surrendering our national
freedom of action, nor pledging
our armed forces in advance
to any other nation when it
comes to important foreign
policy decisions, such as those
that occurred in the run-up to
the Iraq War. UKIP opposed
Britain becoming involved in this
conflict from the start.
UKIP supports the recent
tradition of consulting
parliament before our forces
are committed to combat
situations. We are proud of our
pro-active role in opposing
British participation in the
planned bombing of Syria
in 2013.
The results of western military
intervention across North Africa
and the Middle East in the
21st century have been
disastrous, from Libya, to Syria,
Iraq, and even to Afghanistan,
where a necessary initial
intervention lost momentum
and focus because forces were
switched to the Iraq War.
In the years ahead, UKIP
will avoid allowing Britain
to become embroiled in
foreign wars. We will maintain
our sceptical view of neoconservative
arguments for
attempting to deliver change
in the Middle East at gunpoint.
You cannot bomb people
into democracy.
When it comes to the greatest
threat to world peace and
the British way of life, UKIP is
convinced this comes from the
spread of radical Islam across the
globe. The threshold for seeking
to topple anti-Islamist leaders will
therefore remain very high indeed.
We want to see a peaceful
resolution to the Israel-
Palestine conflict and will put
our full diplomatic weight
behind seeking this outcome.
UKIP will seek better relations
with Russia, but only on the
basis of Russia changing its
approach to international
relations, no longer seeking
to intervene in and manipulate
the conduct of politics in
western nations, and having
respect for the territorial
integrity of other countries.
We see Russia as a potential
important ally in the struggle
against Islamist terror, and
believe Russia should immerse
itself in global rules-based
relationships instead of
seeming to glory in renegade
status within the international
community.
UKIP will retain Britain’s
independent nuclear
deterrent. Give the continued
existence of rogue states
such as North Korea, any
other policy would be
utterly irresponsible.
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