House of Judah wrote:"Neutrality is all well and good, but it leaves us without the ability to call upon the aid of other nations in times of crisis. More over, we currently lack any sort of official armed forces. Our national defense is still being handled by the Indian army and the United Nations. This bill will force them out and leave us without an armed force. I personally am very much against the Non-Aligned Movement, but even if that is the ultimate path we decide to take we still must only do so once we can assure our own national defense, which as of now we cannot."
"Though I am one of the sponsors of the neutrality act, I agree with my fellow senator. We can't pass the neutrality act while we have yet to pass any kind of defense bill to establish an armed forces. We can't simply rely on local militias to defend Fernão while declaring neutrality from any foreign military pacts."