“Concerning foreign policy I really like the idea a foreign policy where we wait till we get attacked and then use the attack on us as an excuse to decimate the attacking country and annex it after turning it into a bombing range. Consider it a variation of MAD, only in this case it is AAD (Attacker Assured Destruction). There shouldn’t really be “preventative wars” just total defensive wars that end with the other side not existing to even regret attacking us.”
Again reality is that you cant decimate a country full of civilians not morally,legally or even technically. Just because some dictator shoots a missile into your home,doesn’t give you a right to kill civilians who most likely hate that dictator but are powerless to do anything against him. This is not liberalism,this is reality,same goes for some terror organization:If AlQaida attacks who do you hit back, they not “based” anywhere in fact they could be “based” right here in US. And no nuking countries is not a solution,after a few nuclear explosions the fall-out will affect the whole world,including US. This is why to fight bad guys you do it preventively on their turf. Not after they commit mass murder in your cities. This is reality which Libertarians FAIL to understand. If we killed Hitler in 38,39 how many lives and treasure would have been saved?!
If we assisted undercover in Russia against the Bolshviks,how many lives in Vietnam,China,Russia would have saved Americans and other nationalities?
You make good points. We have to be realistic about national defense. The idea that we have enemies because we are active in our defense has the causality reversed.
However, I believe that our biggest enemies are within, as they attempt to undermine the very core of our society.