You do. A quick perusal of his website is all that's necessary to correct that.
If you think Paul would fight the Islamists, then perhaps you know something about his position that I don't.
Apparently I do.
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I've looked at his website. I'm not somebody who's never heard of Paul before the debates and jumped on the Gotta-Support-Bush-Bash-Paul bandwagon.
Paul gives no indication how he would actively pursue and fight Islamists. He just says we've screwed up with our foreign policy (which is another point I don't argue). My argument with Paul is that the jihadists are coming for us regardless of our foreign policy, and they always have been.
If you've got a link to something he has said that makes you think he would fight the Islamists, I'd be grateful to see it.
Here's what I get from his website:
The war in Iraq was sold to us with false information. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies, the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them. This war has cost more than 3,000 American lives, thousands of seriously wounded, and hundreds of billions of dollars. We must have new leadership in the White House to ensure this never happens again.
Both Jefferson and Washington warned us about entangling ourselves in the affairs of other nations. Today, we have troops in 130 countries. We are spread so thin that we have too few troops defending America. And now, there are new calls for a draft of our young men and women.
We can continue to fund and fight no-win police actions around the globe, or we can refocus on securing America and bring the troops home. No war should ever be fought without a declaration of war voted upon by the Congress, as required by the Constitution.
Under no circumstances should the U.S. again go to war as the result of a resolution that comes from an unelected, foreign body, such as the United Nations.
Too often we give foreign aid and intervene on behalf of governments that are despised. Then, we become despised. Too often we have supported those who turn on us, like the Kosovars who aid Islamic terrorists, or the Afghan jihads themselves, and their friend Osama bin Laden. We armed and trained them, and now we’re paying the price.
At the same time, we must not isolate ourselves. The generosity of the American people has been felt around the globe. Many have thanked God for it, in many languages. Let us have a strong America, conducting open trade, travel, communication, and diplomacy with other nations.
There's not much there for me to disagree with as it is stated. But there's no indication that he would actively fight the Islamists. I don't like the way Bush has restrained our troops in Iraq, but I do think that Iraq is the right place for us to be fighting for a multitude of reasons.