I do not think there were too many Freepers who supported John McCain. It is just that there were many, many fewer who supported cut and run. I always said, “The only person running for the Republican nomination who was worse than John McCain was Ron Paul”.
Cut and run, huh? So, you would prefer the socialism of Obama to the foreign policy of Ron Paul? Because that is the choice. Until people wake up and realize that people like Ron Paul, by which I mean the kooks who care about the constitution and capitalism, are the only real opposition to socialism we are lost. The lesser evils that you support, e.g. McCain, are nothing but creeping socialism. McCain never would have stood firm for what was right. He certainly never has.
As it is, and regarding any possible "cut and run" scenarios, I am personally unconvinced that invading Iraq has had any real effects regarding terrorism. Yes, I know that there have been no more 9/11 type attacks since, but that doesn't really impress me much. It assumes that such attacks would definitely have happened and we cannot be sure of that at all. Additionally, Afghanistan may have been enough to disrupt any potential future attacks at that time. So, I just haven't seen enough real evidence to know whether the beloved operations in Iraq are helping us in the war on terror.
But, I do know that socialism is a threat. I do know that these fiscal policies, many put in place by GWB himself at the end of his term, have been very bad for our nation. I know what a threat the government can be if it goes the direction it is currently going. That is without doubt. But, people are arguing that possible threats from outside are exponentially more important than real threats from within. What I say is that if you lose your rights it won't make any difference what you think anymore. You will no longer have any voice and the path will be set.
Is Ron Paul perfect? I doubt it. I am sure he is far less than even approaching perfect. But, he has been right more than he has been wrong, and he has certainly been right on the issues that are most important in these times. Yes, terrorists may attack, and we may have to react. And yes, somebody like Paul may not choose war in hopes that it will stop attacks before they happen, like has been suggested about Iraq. However, if people like Ron Paul were running this country I at least know that I would have a vote, a voice and a gun. After years of socialist Obama, or whichever socialist-lite Republican may be in office, I would have grave doubts that I could say that.