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When I joined the Libertarian Party way back when I signed a pledge that I would not advocate the initiation of force.

After 9/11 the Party, as lead by Ron Paul, stood against responding to the worst mass casualty attack aimed at the very heart of all I hold dear.

That's when I left the Libertarian Party.

Ron Paul has pretty consistently stood in the way of every phase of the WOT.

That's his actions, not hyperbole, actions.

[Iwo Jima]

That is the distinction between an interventionist foreign policy (initiation of force) and a non-interventionist foreign policy (self defense and retaliatory force). Proper application of this principle is not always readily apparent.