Libertarianism doesn’t necessarily mean weak foreign policy. Ultimately you can’t have liberty at home without a secure nation. I want the maximum amount of liberty at home, but with a government that’s vigorously defends our interest abroad. What I don’t want is getting involved where we have no national interest. I also agree with Paul here that nation building is moronic and doomed to failure over there.
Thomas Jefferson is a big hero to libertarians, he sent the navy to take out the sultan of Tripoli over attacks on American ships. And without a Declaration of War BTW.
Ultimately you can’t have liberty at home without a secure nation.
You can’t have liberty at home if you’re always, ALWAYS at war. War is the most expensive enterprise government can engage in. It runs up deficits, debt, inflation, and grows the size of government more than anything else.
War is sometimes necessary, but if we’re always at war, kiss your freedoms - and your pocketbook - goodbye.