He pushed diplomacy and applied pressure on China to get its puppet in line. They are now disabling their nukes. No force required. Something Ron Paul would approve of, I think.
Or when Iranian troops crossed into Iraq and supplied the insurgents with IEDs?
Only a journalist would call them "insurgents". Terrorists or proxy soldiers would be more appropriate. Anyway, Bush applied an increase in troops and used a strategy of maintaining areas under control (sometimes known as "the surge"). It has been quite effective...significant reductions in injuries, economy returning to normal, etc.
Paul would've done the same thing. There's this thingy called the State Department, you know. It won't get abolished under Paul.
Only a journalist would call them "insurgents". Terrorists or proxy soldiers would be more appropriate.
Rare slip from me. I've always called them terrorists, though.
Anyway, Bush applied an increase in troops and used a strategy of maintaining areas under control (sometimes known as "the surge"). It has been quite effective...significant reductions in injuries, economy returning to normal, etc.
It has been effective now because of pressure from McCain. Where was it from the get-go?