(March 19, 2012 at 2:15 am)Minimalist Wrote: So....we're supposed to put a company of Marines into every third world shithole and bankrupt ourselves in the process so this clown can feel good about himself?
The only decent idea Paul had was to reduce the extent of the military-industrial complex.
You've got the complete wrong idea.
McGrath mentions in his article that the act of having a military presence in 130 countries is going to bankrupt the US, but he also rejects Paul's notion that the best course of action is complete non-interventionism - He would advocate pulling out of countries where there is no clear and present danger to the US (Germany, Japan, Russian border nations, Strategic Chinese locations etc) to focus on countries that harbour and actively encourage war against the Western world, such as Iran - the idea being that the role of government as a protector of it's citizens rights does not merely require retaliation when acted against, but the subversion of threats prior to their impact. The notion that Paul presents of it being entirely America's fault for the hostility towards their culture and thus proposing non-action is also extremely naive and dangerous, it would only portray America as a nation of cowards and give the extremists more leash to violate the rights of others.
Yeah it's true to an extent that the Americans being overbearing in terms of foreign policy has created some of the backlash against western society at large, but it's completely idiotic to think that this is the sole reason and thus eliminating such foreign policy entirely will solve all of these international angsts against America, the reality is there is literally an army out there of brain-washed anti-society religious fundamentalists who believe they have a god-given right to rule by the sword.
Quote:Paul got 4% in Mississippi and 5% in Alabama. His campaign reminds me of that TV Series "The Walking Dead," but please, leave the old bastard the dignity of his one good idea.
Brilliant!But he does have a few good ideas, like a return to sound money and the end of the fractional-reserve system that constantly ass-fucks the lot of us.
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