Again, I think you’re right about this being our downfall.
RP does believe in closing our borders and ending all entitlements to illegals, including birthright citizenship. He also very strongly believes in protecting America and Americans, with a strong defense. He does not believe that the way to do it is with UNDECLARED wars. He fully supports any war that Congress declares as such. I think that is a big misunderstanding of his policies by a great many people. Most people don’t get past his concern with us trying to free the world and then supporting them. We have no legal right or basis for doing so.
I hear you, and agree to a certain extent. I’ll be honest, 8 years ago I was horrified at the thought of Bush possibly being our nominee. I was from Texas and watched him get his revenge on Ann Richards, then Ross Perot, and knew Saddam Hussein would be next. I told all my friends that if he is elected, we would be back in Iraq within a year. You just don’t mess with his Daddy and get away unscathed.
When the towers went down, I knew. Here we go. Then I was thrilled we were going to Afghanistan instead and I wanted blood (as did 99% of this country that seem to have forgotten), but sure enough, we eventually went to Iraq.
I wasn’t pleased, I was hoping for Syria, Libya, and the like. I was ANGRY and wanted them all turned into a rock pile. I hoped Iraq would be over quickly and we would move to the next one. It didn’t happen as I hoped, and I don’t agree with how it was done, but it has been successful in slaughtering terrorists that poured into Iraq to fight. This is a good thing, imo.
To have done nothing would have been humiliating. In hind-sight we can see that perhaps going to Iraq wasn’t the best choice, but we are now there and it has to be finished. We cannot pull the troops and leave the Middle East to civil war and destruction. The Iraqi people have sufferred greatly at Saddam Hussein’s hands, but also our own. For the first time in 30 years, there is hope in Iraq due to our staying and rebuilding of their country. We cannot in good conscience take that away from them. To do so would be the most shameful act in America’s history and make us terrorists ourselves as the dems so dearly love to label us, imo. I am proud of this country and all it has been for the last couple of hundred years. I am not about to vote to disgrace her now as so many here in FR seem to want to do. I will vote for the candidate that I feel will be the best to fight the WOT and protect this country. Silly as that may seem to many.