One thing history has taught us is that when you’re dealing with totally irrational people, the middle-road approach doesn’t work. Yet, this is precisely the approach that flip-flop, mushy politicians continue to pursue in the Middle East. In fact, it’s pretty much their approach to all the major problems of our day.
Again, Ron Paul’s stance on 9/11 is not the issue here. My respect for him is based on the consistency of his beliefs. He is not coming at the Iraq War or the 9/11 attacks from a 21st century liberal’s point of view. The latter views are not mushy, they’re just plain stupid.
By contrast, Congressman Paul’s viewpoints on all major issues are based on his libertarian belief that government powers should be confined to those specifically set forth in the Constitution. It is for this reason that he believes the government has no right to use your tax dollars to roam the earth and stick its nose in other people’s business.
He believes this to be so whether it involves invading other countries with bombs or invading them with humanitarian aid. I think we can all agree that humanitarian aid is a wonderful thing, but it should be left to the humanitarians! In case anyone has bothered to notice, the Founding Fathers never put anything about humanitarian aid (or thousands of other activities that today’s politicians engage in) in the Constitution.
That's as much as I can safely copy. To tell you the truth, I didn't think he'd be posting part II today. I figured we'd have to wait until Wednesday or so.
I've been working on a review of V for Vendetta over at BPoMN. Once in a while you get the feeling we need a little of that action around here.
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