I was talking Paleo-conservative v. Neo-conservative you goof.
I have never voted for a non-conservative candidate and only been Neo-conned to vote for a few BIG gov't. candidates in the GOP.
If you think the Constitution Party is full of lefty defeatist folks, well I think you've got more problems than just being a Neo-con...
Apparently you haven't read the Constitpation Party nominees' anti-war rant.
"One of the reasons I was against our war with Iraq, and still am, is because I agree with something very wise that John Quincy Adams said in 1821. Referring to America, Adams said of our country:"
"She goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own."
In other words, applying what might be called the Adams Doctrine to Iraq, I hope for the best for Iraq. I hope Iraq WILL become free and independent, with liberty and justice for all. But, it is NOT our role to try to make this happen by shedding the blood of our fellow citizens in a war, and spending tens of billions of dollars there.
We are the guardians and defenders only of our OWN freedom, our OWN independence, our OWN liberty. When these things are seriously threatened, THEN we go to war. To try and save the world leads to big trouble -- which is what we are in in Iraq.
The Bible also warns us against misadventures like our war in Iraq. God tells us, in Proverbs 26:17, “He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.” Sad to say, in Iraq, we have meddled with strife that was none of our business and we are paying the price of having picked this particular dog up by the ears.
Incidentally, it’s interesting how, over the years, several people actually referred to Saddam Hussein, literally, as a monster. Rep. Henry Hyde, a Republican from Illinois, called Hussein a monster. The Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania called him a monster. Al Gore also called him a monster.
Now, I have no doubt that Saddam Hussein was, and is, by ANY definition, a monster. But, he was not a monster who posed any real threat to our vital national security interests.
It was a very serious and dangerous mistake for us to go abroad to destroy him.