[mandaladon]

In a June 24 column in The Washington Times, Mr. Paul wrote that Americans were told for many years that the radical Taliban would return to power quickly unless U.S. forces remained in Afghanistan. “Well, guess what, after 12 years, trillions of dollars, more than 2,200 Americans killed, and perhaps more than 50,000 dead Afghan civilians and fighters, the Taliban is coming back anyway!” Mr. Paul wrote............Exactly!

[11th Commandment]

Mr. Gingrich supported the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, but he said he has increasingly doubted the strategy of attempting to export democracy by force to countries where the religion and culture are not hospitable to Western values.

When the US liberated Kuwait, many people where upset that a democracy was not set up. A caller to Rush's show made a valuable point, Wars are not about Democracy, they are about Freedom (from invaders) The point he made is wars can be about national self-determination.

Even today McCain and Graham are running around in Egypt talking up Democracy, but democracy does not lead to individual rights. The people of Egypt got rid of a dictator and held election, but then installed an Islamic Republic. Islamic republics don't extend equal rights to religious minorities, women and (now the all important) Gay and Lesbians.