[West Coast Conservative]

Should we base our foreign policy around the wishes of Osama bin Laden?

Because that’s what a Ron Paul presidency would entail. Paul likes to lecture us about history but he seems to not understand that appeasement has never worked.

[tpaine]

Should we base our foreign policy around the wishes of Osama bin Laden?

No. -- Who do you know that says we should?

Because that?s what a Ron Paul presidency would entail.

Get a grip. Paul will never be president.

Paul likes to lecture us about history but he seems to not understand that appeasement has never worked.

You're simply imagining that he is for "appeasement".

[Ohioan]

Paul likes to lecture us about history but he seems to not understand that appeasement has never worked.

When did Dr. Paul advocate appeasement? He did not oppose going after Al Qaida. He is a Jeffersonian. It is basic to traditional Jeffersonian foreign policy, that you "punish the First Insult." That is hardly appeasement.

On the other hand, you cannot extrapolate from punishing an insult to embarking on adventures intended to change other people's cultures. And you certainly cannot extrapolate from the Constitutional duty to declare Wars, if War is indeed necessary.

William Flax