SO are you Paul supporters seriously suggesting that HERE, of all places, that there exists some demographic of sacchirine sweet tooths who need to be fawned over, lied to, and otherwise misled and abused to be beguiled or stampeded into voting for whomever is not Dr. Paul?
From what I have seen, RP's supporters credit themselves too generously by half for their own sophistication, intelligence, and foreign policy acumen.
However, that's just one guy's opinion of the situation. Your kool-aid is just a different color is all.
Speaking only for myself, my "reflexive. unreflective, shallow, imprudent, non-Chomsky endorsed" take on the merits of confronting radical Islam abroad as aggressively as we can, comes merely from first hand interaction with the byproducts of that brand of Islam. They are the kind of guys who would follow you home and kill your entire family in front of your eyes if they could.
I'd sooner zap them in their own neighborhoods when given a say in the matter.
"Blowback" is no more the entire answer than is "they hate us for our freedoms." The analysis of the problem is not one that lends itself to a binary either/or choice.
That's why I find RP naive on foreign policy. Leaving people alone is a great idea on paper. In practice, trouble can find you even when you aren't looking for it.
My policy preference is that we maintain a presence that is geared towards containing trouble when it is small and far away rather than after it has festered and spread.
Let me know when we have closed down Lake City for lack of use and I'll back off my position some.
From what I have seen, RP's supporters credit themselves too generously by half for their own sophistication, intelligence, and foreign policy acumen.
However, that's just one guy's opinion of the situation. Your kool-aid is just a different color is all.
Speaking only for myself, my "reflexive. unreflective, shallow, imprudent, non-Chomsky endorsed" take on the merits of confronting radical Islam abroad as aggressively as we can, comes merely from first hand interaction with the byproducts of that brand of Islam. They are the kind of guys who would follow you home and kill your entire family in front of your eyes if they could.
I'd sooner zap them in their own neighborhoods when given a say in the matter.
"Blowback" is no more the entire answer than is "they hate us for our freedoms." The analysis of the problem is not one that lends itself to a binary either/or choice.
That's why I find RP naive on foreign policy. Leaving people alone is a great idea on paper. In practice, trouble can find you even when you aren't looking for it.
My policy preference is that we maintain a presence that is geared towards containing trouble when it is small and far away rather than after it has festered and spread.
Let me know when we have closed down Lake City for lack of use and I'll back off my position some.