Graham: Chuck Hagel an 'In-Your-Face Nomination' for Supporters of Israel

Reaganite Republican ^ | 07 January 2013 | Reaganite Republican

[Gunslingr3]

Traditionally, the U.S. supports other democracies.

Traditionally, our Republic was a neutral power that placed the interests of its citizens above fetishes for other nations. In the last 100 years we've accelerated a process of entangling alliances and foreign wars that our Founders warned against. We've accepted the diminishment of liberty at home, and accepted the debt of wars abroad they warned us would follow such a course.

Israel is a democracy, by the way. Should we treat its fascist neighbors who want to destroy it as peers?

"The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible." - GW

We have waged war overtly for over 20 years in the Middle East, most frequently for Israel's 'fascist peers', no less! All at no small expense is lives lost, bodies shattered, and treasure borrowed to burden future generations.

Perpetuating political border divisions that European colonial empires compelled upon the Middle East nearly 100 years ago is colossal folly on our part. It cannot be ended soon enough.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Yes, the United States of America was once a slave to free, peace loving, democracies like ours in the interest of fighting the good fight. Now we have become a slave to despotic, totalitarian regimes bent on the subjugation of free peoples.

The corporate is the same as individual. No one is ever free. We are either a slave to sin or a slave to righteousness. Individually we have chosen sin, now as a nation, we have sided with evil regimes (I.E. Muslim Brotherhood).

[Jan_Sobieski]

Since when do real conservatives not support, tacitly or overtly, free peace-loving democracies?