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I am a Republican independent thinker that does not fall for every propaganda ploy that comes along. No, I don't think that the US made a wise decision to go into Iraq. As it is turning out, I have not seen anything to revise my opinion. Now we are considering going into Liberia for I know not what reason.

There are some old line Republican conservatives that do NOT think that the US should be the policeman for the world. I happen to be one of these that feel that the opinion of Washington in his farewell address to beware of foreign entanglements is a pretty good guide to go by.

In regard to the Democrat talking points, a goodly amount of lies are spread in their arguments. Does this justify retaliation in kind? We have some rather serious lapses between truth and fiction in some of our Republican talking points.

The party line does not cancel out my given right to use my head and make the comments that I wish to make in justification of my views. When we start practicing speech censorship on Free Republic, that is when Free Republic ceases to be a viable form of expresssion. You make the call, I'll be long gone if that is your wish.

"No, I don't think that the US made a wise decision to go into Iraq."

Why?

WFA^® at #154.

There are some old line Republican conservatives that do NOT think that the US should be the policeman for the world. I happen to be one of these that feel that the opinion of Washington in his farewell address to beware of foreign entanglements is a pretty good guide to go by.

There were some old line Republican (and Democrat) conservatives that thought, in the the 1930's, that the US could resort to isolationism to protect itself. I think we know what happened then. The only difference today is that the results of isolationism will be FAR worse (such as a nuclear bomb in Washington).