Okay, I'm going to post some quotes on foreign policy and terrorism. One is from Ron Paul, the others are from other elected conservative Republicans. Guess which one is his.
"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?" (1)
"I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace." (2)
"[The] President . . . is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy." (3)
"I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning . . . I didn't think we had done enough in the diplomatic area." (4)
Okay, so none of them were from Paul. But it just goes to show that most Republicans flip and flop on foreign policy and terrorism, even after the Cole and first World Trade Center attacks, based on whether the guy in charge has an R or D next to his name.
1) Sean Hannity 2) Tom DeLay 3) Rick Santorum 4) Trent Lott
Certainly there are some positions Paul espouses that I support. But it's a package deal; you can't take some of Paul and ignore the rest.
From the interview I linked to earlier:
What we're expecting is that they'll all get registered and vote! Then we're gonna change the rules and have voting only on the Internet, then we're gonna win!Paul, IMHO, would be a dangerous disaster in national security and foreign policy.We're dealing with a few people. Of course, since we're doing the wrong thing, there's a lot more enemies out there now. Terrorists are very weak people. They don't have a political base. They don't have a government. They have no military. We were attacked by people with razor blades.
I think if we pulled out of the Middle East, Arabs would work out a better deal with Israel.