It is so easy to create straw men and then knock them down, isn't it? This is not true. He called for issuing a Letter of Marque and Reprisal soon after 9-11 which would have taken the fight to the enemy (namely Al Qaeda). His proposal was rejected by those who rather spend our blood and treasure in nation building. BTW, eight years later, how's that working out?
If that’s the way you wish to look at it, be my guest. His pronouncements have gone far beyond what you state, and he has nobody to blame but himself for my current opinion of him.
National security is our federal government’s number one job. It’s one of only a few it actually has. Ron can’t even get that one right.
Thomas Jefferson himself supported U.S. war powers to take on the Barbary Pirates. Please don’t try to argue the validity of U.S. might used overseas.
We were attacked. We took action to clean out known terrorist strongholds. That is as it should be.
BTW, since when has some of our troops losing their lives been reason not to do the right thing?
I agree— I was 100% in favor of the invasions to topple the governments of Iraq and Afghanistan... And I am 100% opposed to the time, money and lives we are wasting there “rebuilding” these crap-holes.