“(1) Ron Paul is not anti-war in the same vein as Howard Dean and the left-wing is.”
Anti-war is anti-war. The end result is still the same.
No it's not. Paul wanted the Iraq war declared constitutionally and then our troops fight without Washington tying their hands. And no nation-building or police action.
I bet if Paul would have been president on 9/11 he would have declared war without waiting to see what the "international community" thinks. Plus he'd secure the borders.