[Fester Chugabrew]

There is a difference between honorable ideals advanced thoughtfully among our worldly neighbors with the hope of prosperity for all, and unyielding ideals used as a fancy stick to prod snake pits with the expectation of obedient adulation. The people of the United States have, out of ignorance and for some decades, bestowed authority upon those who do not know the difference.

I'll trade liberals a smaller footprint on foreign policy for a smaller footprint in federal meddling. Neither of us particularly revels in the trade, but both of us can live with it. This is one of the first times liberals are conflicted over a steadfast proponent of smaller government, more individial responsibility, and more federal accountability. Not a bad thing, unless one trusts the State more than inviduals endowed with inalienable rights.

[Eva]

Fester - There is a serious flaw in your thinking.

Sure politicians and power brokers have exploited the US foreign policy and strength of our military for their own gain, but without the US acting as the world policemen, there would be a vacuum that could only be filled by a world government, led by China.

I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t appeal to me.

The real problem with the Paulers is that they don’t think beyond their own self interests. It’s all about ME, ME, ME. That’s not what E Pluribus Unum means.