*shakes head*
If I were imprisoned (Gitmo'd) for that long, for something I didn't do, and was able to find the person responsible (any American will do), you might call what I'd do to them a crime (terrorism), but I'd call it justified retaliation.
And this is what I'm talking about. You think the Gitmo detainees are innocent and you empathize with the terrorists.
This is why I worry about Rand Paul's candidacy. He tries to present a respectable front, but is he really a loony tune, and if so when will it come out?
Innocent of committing inhuman, barbaric acts? No. Innocent of crimes against the US? Yes.
Empathize with them? No, I empathize with me and the rest of America, paying for an endless war that has nothing to do with national security - in fact, a war that's making us less safe and less secure.
This is why I worry about Rand Paul's candidacy. He tries to present a respectable front, but is he really a loony tune, and if so when will it come out?
I think he's a good bit left (in the direction of the neocons) of where I'd want him to be, and well to the right of where you seem to want him.
You say he tries to present a respectable front, implying he's being dishonest as to who he is? I think what he's doing is moderating his tone and slightly adjusting his policy positions in response to feedback he's getting on the campaign trail - i.e. learning how to better represent the people of Kentucky while still holding true to his core beliefs.
Lastly, a little friendly advice, to you and all the other critics of libertarianism here at FR... if you think everybody that disagrees with you is looney toon, you are incapable of learning and are wasting your time on this forum.