At least you almost had the guts to say so . I'll ask you again " What have you done to preserve the Republic " ?
Perhaps another way to ask the question would be , " What evidence would it take to get you to see a threat from anywhere in the ME " ?
If you can keep yourself from those trite boring psuedo intellectual type replies this could be kind of engaging .
Sought and made converts to liberty. Opposed at every election the expanse of the State. Encouraged the same among my friends and family. Not with slogans and bumper stickers, but by enlightening them to the benefits of liberty and freedom vis a vis statism and dependence.
Perhaps another way to ask the question would be , " What evidence would it take to get you to see a threat from anywhere in the ME " ?
The questions are certainly not the same. There isn't a single nation in the Middle East that has designs on the United States. There are certainly no tyrants there more interested in attacking the U.S. than keeping their own grip on power. In this respect they differ little from Stalin...
If you can keep yourself from those trite boring psuedo intellectual type replies this could be kind of engaging .
Ad hominem is the tool of a losing argument.