OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is doubling down on his promises of pre-emptive strikes to prevent what he says are certain future attacks on American soil.
As he prepares for a likely 2016 presidential run, Walker told a multistate Republican gathering in Oklahoma on Thursday that he’s convinced “radical Islamic terrorists” are planning to attack the U.S.
Walker offered no evidence for his claims at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. He also didn’t say who most threatens the United States or what military actions he’d authorize in response.
As a governor, Walker has no access to intelligence briefings like those available to President Barack Obama and certain congressional leaders.
Still, Walker said, “It’s not if another attempt is made on American soil, it is when.” He said he’d “take the fight to them before they take the fight to us” and that struggle would be protracted.