[wagglebee]

Please provide more details or links regarding other conflicts so I might assess their impact on National Security at the time.

I'm not your research assistant, you should be able to google "Barbary wars" without any help.

But I'll give you a hint, the line "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Corps Hymn comes from this.

Meanwhile, your assessment of Ron Paul sounds little more well-informed that those other folks who froth at the mouth over Bush.

What is there to assess? MoRon Paul's own quotes pretty much spell out what kind of nutjob he is. I think that most of the Paulistinians would realize the same thing if they put their bongs down long enough to clear their brains.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Okay. That’ll be enough information to help me research things better. Ron Paul would probably support the use of force indulged by our forefathers in those wars because it was in our national interest and confined to the problems at hand. Our interests were most likely directly attacked first. No?

What do you think Washington and Jefferson meant when they warned us to avoid entanglements in the affairs of other countries? Do you think we should be giving billions of our dollars to Egypt? Why?

The balance of your frothing is not worthy of reply. No substance.