[fortheDeclaration]

Further, a foreign policy that advocates that we wait behind castle walls for the enemy to "come over the top" before doing anything is doomed to hideous embarrassment in today's world.

Amen.

We tried that under Clinton.

Even Thomas Jefferson pursued the Barbary Pirates.

Yes, then he tried the passive route when dealing with the British and French and almost destroyed the United States with his embargo.

[Publius Valerius]

We tried that under Clinton.

I don't think that we did. As you might recall, one of W.'s planks in the 2000 election was that he wanted to put an end to the "nation building" policies of the Clinton administration.

I'm not saying that Paul is totally right, but I think he is closer to right than wrong. I think we have a lot of flawed policies in the Middle East that need to be re-thought.