[Egon]

Paul invoked the ghost of Robert Taft, the GOP Senate leader who fought entry into NATO. And he also pointed out that messing around in the Mideast creates risks here at home.

Yep, shoulda waited until the entire world was speaking German or Japanese before getting involved.

Yep, shoulda waited until the entire world was ruled from Moscow or Beijing before getting involved.

Yep, should definitely wait until the world courts are under Sharia law before getting involved.

[cripplecreek]

He wants to leave the fight to our children and grandchildren. You know, when the islamderthals are for more powerful and have had a couple decades to seize technological advantages from nations they overrun.

Who knows, some of our descendants might even die in the last stand for freedom.

[billbears]

I guess it would be a little too much for you to point out that all three sentences you posted can be traced in some fashion back to Woodrow Wilson's grand crusade to 'spread democracy' wouldn't it? Remind me again, what world leader is currently advocating 'spreading democracy'? Whew the 21st century is just going to be full of suprises...

[hinckley buzzard]

Paul invoked the ghost of Robert Taft, the GOP Senate leader who fought entry into NATO.

This tidbit reveals much about Paul's incompetence. The US did not enter NATO. The US forged NATO at the desperate plea of western Europe, who was prostrate and facing millions of Red Amy troops and tanks at their doorstep. And besides, NATO worked. I guess successfully deterring the USSR and later the whole Warsaw Pact and keeping the peace in Europe for forty years sucks if you're a crackpot isolationist.