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Your comments are pretty cogent. Ron Paul has made some arguments that are compelling on the surface but he can't seem to dwell deeper than that. Is he necessarily wrong on the TBTF’s of the world. Having been a former Wall Streeter working in the derivatives markets, I too have been concerned about the overwhelming concentration of banking power into too few hands. Having a child currently enrolled in the United States Military Academy, I am concerned about being involved in too many foreign entanglements. Did we completely forget about the Monroe Doctrine? should we foot the bill for South Korea while they monopolize ship building and have their government subsidize it? What about Europe? They sure expect us to carry their water on a lot of military issues and also pay for it but then attack our major corporations ( Google, Microsoft) on monopolistic charges. Just look at their (Europe) military to gdp spending for some answers. Maybe Eisenhower was right about the Military/Industrial complex; it may have a lot of vested interests that don't necessarily coincide with what is best for our country. What exactly are we going to resolve in Afghanistan? Are we really going to kill all of the Taliban or just most of it? It seems to me, that if they(the Afghani people) want democracy (if that is possible in the Islamic world to begin with)they should be putting forth a bigger effort in doing so. There are a lot of questions sitting out here That Ron Paul has raised to the frontline of discussion. Let's not completely dismiss him.

Good Points. 100% true conservative should love Ron Paul. The truth is many “so called” conservatives could not function without government in their lives. Ron Paul is so far to the right that most think he is a nut. Today the government is in everybody business unlike 75 years ago.