Posted on 05/20/2007 6:19:09 PM PDT by Captain Kirk
he idea that the party of Eisen-hower or Goldwater would have suspended habeas corpus indefinitely, as Bush has done for “enemy combatants”, would be unthinkable. The idea that they would have tried to occupy and rebuild an entire country in the Middle East is unimaginable. They were ferociously anticommunist, but also wary of direct engagement in foreign countries and deeply suspicious of all wars.
This kind of prudence and caution was once the hallmark of the middle of the country and its Midwestern American values. Paul reminded Americans of this past. He told them that the Republicans opposed the second world war, ended the Korean war and ended the Vietnam war. Why not the Iraq war? Why not indeed.
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Since when did “habeus corpus” apply to alien terrorists? I thought it applied to citizens: Brits in the UK, Americans in the US.
Traditionally, enemies who do not wear proper uniforms or fight as part of a national army have no rights under the Geneva Convention either.
I don’t know why on earth the administration fails to point out these elementary facts, so flakes like Sullivan can’t keep making these ridiculous arguments.
Ron Paul is not stupid.
Ike didn’t particularly support the Israelis in the Suez Crisis (he was more on Nasser’s side) even though, as I said, he wasn’t dumb enough to send in American troops to get involved in the fighting. A later president would do that.
Could you point me to the Spanish and Australian troops that were stationed on Saudi soil? I missed that part of recent history.
I was about 75% sure I was voting for Tom Tancredo. But now I’m about 60-40 split between Tancredo and Paul, with Tancredo still my personal favorite. That’s because of how amazing Ron Paul was in the republican debates. It’s nice to see someone actually have the guts to talk about getting rid of those expensive departments, namely the department of education, the department of homeland security (which really is just another high-cost bureaucracy, don’t let your support for the war on terror fool you on this) and the department of energy.
Does it make me a member of the 'war fighting' wing of the Republican Party if I support the policy of killing Al Qaeda on Iraqi soil rather than on American soil?
Lincoln also had a bunch of state legislators arrested in Maryland so they couldn’t vote on something. He did a lot of things not in line with the Constitution. Doesn’t make it right just because history smiles on him.
Exactly!
Eisenhower then "activated" the NG putting them under federal command.
Shortly the whole basis of that Supreme Court decision will turn to ashes as a new group replaces the entire African-American population as the focus of political interest.
This makes the history at Little Rock concerning the School Desegregation issue totally meaningless for those of us living in this modern time.
Eisenhower's decision to order troops into Lebanon will, of course, continue to haunt us.
That, BTW, was done in an effort to keep Lebanon out of the orbit of the Ba'athist takeover in Iraq.
Many Americans have no idea what it would be like to have a constitutional, real American president - one hasn't existed in so many, many years.
A president like Ron Paul could repair the damage that has been done to our country by the Bush administration and the two administrations before him. They were all birds of a feather, and America is feeling the pain now.
The guy is a dolt. Suspending Habeas for enemy combatants? What planet does Sullivan live on these days?
why would anyone post anything by Andrew Sullivan?
If you find yourself aligning with Andrew Sullivan, chances are you are in a very bad place.
One that is working very well, no less.
I only posted the article because it quoted Wolfowitz as having said in 2003 what Paul said the other night. It might matter since everyone thinks Paul is making it up. I'm just the messenger...what you make of the article is up to you.
That sort of Utopian idiocy used to be the property of the far left. It still is, I suppose, but some of those idiots now pretend to be 'conservative'.
Sullivan was for the war before he was against it. He may have a crush on Ron Paul. And, as a Libertarian, Ron might reciprocate.
Kealhaul was under Truman.
He sure did, and Washington hung traitors.
Ron Paul - birdbrain on foreign policy.
He must have slept through world history.
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