The problem with the Libertarian view of a “strong defense” is that it fails to recognize the simple fact that America is at war and we are under attack daily throughout the world.
We simply do not have the option of bringing troops home and retreating to within our borders unless you want to fight radical Islam here.
it’s not practical to have troops all over the middle east, africa, Germany, Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia and on and on, it costs a fortune and the deficits and debt are crazy so yes this sort of spending overseas has to end one way or another.
Oh great. I'm so thrilled that we'll still be sending our young men and women overseas to prop up dictatorships and support more theocracies by the time I'm an old man. I'm sure the Founders envisioned perpetual foreign wars.
West faces ‘decades’ of conflict in N Africa
I'm sure there's an ideology to describe perpetual war on foreign shores, but it sure as sh*t ain't conservatism.