I have a feeling deep down inside that the fear expressed on FR about Israel being wiped off the map is at the core of the charge about Paul’s foreign policy being insane and irresponsible.
I have always considered Israel to be well equipped and well trained militarily. What do you see as the reason behind this fear about Paul’s foreign policy?
Well, it’s radical. There’s no skirting it.
My pop is at the same place a lot of conservatives are on paul. They at least philosophically agree with small government, low taxes, and personal freedoms. But when the rubber meets the road its sometimes hard to reexamine your views and find out how sincere you are.
Factually, Israel could stomp its neighbors handily, but that wouldn’t do them any good if they got nuked. They could of course nuke in return, and far more effectively than any of its adversaries but its a tiny country, i get that part.
The disconnect comes in your world view.
I think that by subvening Israel we perpetuate the unrest in the region, just like the conservative view that welfare perpetuates policy. By continuing our alliance with Israel on a market basis, but not on a welfare basis, we would expect a market solution.(peaceful resolution)
We have removed the incentive for Israel to not find a peace solution(billions in aid). As a sovereign country, Israel is more than capable of defending its borders without us.
So while most conservatives believe in market principles for fiscal policies, they disconnect it from other policies. When you do that you get into binary decision making that we criticize government for today, either tax it or subvene it. With the belief that you can tax something without hurting it and subvening it doesnt perpetuate it.