Posted on 12/29/2009 9:24:17 PM PST by RobinMasters
Ive already written about how his isolationist garbage leads inexorably to nonsense like this, so let me just add two points. First, and most obviously, there is no U.S. occupation of Yemen or Nigeria. The only way the airline plot is a reaction to U.S. occupation is if you accept the jihadist premise that there are no Arab/Muslim nation-states but rather only one Islamic caliphate waiting to be born. Only in that way does the U.S. occupation of Iraq warrant a reprisal from, say, a Pakistani or Yemeni. And yet, needless to say, if Britain was attacked tomorrow and Obama pledged U.S. forces to assist in the reprisal, Paul would be the first guy to scream that we should scrupulously observe national boundaries and not go fighting another countrys battles for it.
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I’m explaining others theories. I’m not taking a position.
My overall position is that of smaller government, not bigger government.
I am not taking a foreign policy position.
The Traditional Conservative Republican foreign policy position is less foreign policy action compared to the Leftist Democrat position which is more foreign policy action.
Recently (starting in the 70s and 80s) the Dems didn’t want to fight Communism, not because they weren’t the ones who wanted to spend our money on wars, and tell other countries how to live their lives, but because they were pro Communist.
But, traditionally, the Dems were for Big Foreign Policy, the Reps were for Small Foreign Policy. Just like their views of Government here in the states.
Paul isn’t a conservative.
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