 Brown supported President Barack Obama 's decision to send 30 @,@ 000 more troops to fight in Afghanistan . He cited Stanley McChrystal 's recommendations as a reason for his support . He also advocates that suspected terrorists be tried in military tribunals and not civilian courts . He also supported the limited use of " enhanced interrogation techniques " , including waterboarding against non @-@ citizen terrorist suspects . He supports a two @-@ state solution for the Israeli – Palestinian conflict in which Israel and a new , independent Palestinian state would co @-@ exist side by side . 
