[SJackson]

I was trying to encourage a meaningful discussion about what the Founding Fathers would do after 9/11 vis a vis Iraq, as opposed to the usual namecalling and personal insults.

I'm assuming that wasn't a criticism aimed at me, if it was, be more specific.

Personally I think Paul and his supporters should drop all this stupidity of Ron Paul as the all knowing of the Founders intent. If the last 30 years of the 18th century was characterized by anything, it was disagreement. Those people we revere (and we don't revere plenty who considered themselves patriots at the time) weren't a monolith.

[Eric Blair 2084]

To the contrary, I was giving you credit for articulating a position that didn’t involve name calling or censorship.

We have collectively established that the founding fathers could not have been in favor of isolationism since:

A. They were the direct beneficiaries of foreign military interventionism during the Revolutionary War.
B. They engaged in foreign interventionism themselves shortly after our founding.

Thus,
C. Ron Paul is wrong.

And nobody had to be called assface to prove the point.