Again, he has voted for military force against terrorists,
Stipulated.
However, "entities" includes more than terrorists. It easily includes Iraq and Iran.
Ron wants to cut off foreign aid? I'll pay for the shredder he can drop the checks into. Never said I wouldn't.
I agree Ron would continue a reasonably strong military, but he would never use them soon enough.
Our policies and actions in other parts of the world do not take place without consequence
Enough of this code speak for "It's America's fault". The "consequences" of being nice and trying to be loved are more dead Americans and more destroyed and stolen property than if we deliberately worked to be hated.
If Paul shows up at the convention toting a sack containing the heads of Chavez, Castro, and Ahmadinejad, I'll give him my vote and another list. Till then, I'll look elsewhere.
It's not a matter of being nice. It's a matter of leaving people alone when it is no business of ours to interfere in their affairs, particularly when they do not pose an imminent threat. Put the shoe on the other foot for a change, and consider how we would react should some foreign entity march into our midst with military force in an effort to supplant our way of life with one contrary to our beliefs as Americans.
It happens to be part of reality that the principles we espouse are despised by some people. No need to be nice to them with our tax dollars. No need to police them. No need to set up democracy in their land.
If you really think the 9/11 attacks were totally unprovoked you are hopelessly ignorant. If you believe it is part of a huge conspiracy among all people of Muslim faith to march into our land and set up Islam and the only allowable faith, then you underestimate our resolve to remain strong and free while overestimating the strength of the enemy.