A limited government domestic policy and a tough on terrorism foreign policy do not have to be mutually exclusive. In fact, I always thought that's what Republicans were - more money for strengthening the military and less money for the National Endowment of the Arts and NPR and the federal Board of Education.
I always thought that's what Republicans were - more money for strengthening the military and less money for the National Endowment of the Arts and NPR and the federal Board of Education.
I submit to you that, just as incrementalism got us here, it might be the only road back, as well - at least on the domestic side. After the GWOT began, we had to make instant and overnight changes in defense and the force structure. The situation didn't grant us the luxury of an incremental change, at least towards the war.
The same aggressive schedule can't be applied to the domestic side - there are just too many handout recipients (some of them soldiers) to pull the plug on the apparatus.
All through the piece, I kept reading the usual bullets: RINO sellouts, not conservative enough, Patriot Act bad, yadayada. This Vance fella didn't mention the defense angle a single time - the single most important issue which trumps all others, for none of the others are worth considering if defense isn't solid.