As Only Ron Paul Can March 17, 2008
Posted by Webmaster in Interventionism.trackback
While some in Washington criticize the war in Iraq, very few are criticizing the interventionist mindset that got us into the war in the first place. Many so-called “Iraq war critics” criticize this administration rather than truly oppose the decades-old policies that led to war. They claim they will eventually get the troops out of Iraq, but the danger is that they simply plan to move them around to other countries, not bring them home. The American people want peace. Minding our own business is the best way to achieve it. Not only is it also a whole lot cheaper, but free trade and friendship with other countries benefits all involved.
Could he be thinking about a certain Junior Hope-Purveyor from Illinois?
As an aside, this blogmeister disagrees on the second half of the last sentence. The interventionist and free trade mentalities (not to mention open borders and mass immigration) seem to go hand-in-hand-in-hand, as the history of the mid-to-late 20th and early 21st Centuries demonstrate. All three items are tentacles of the octopus of globalism and universalism. Repudiating interventionism won’t bolster free trade, as RP thinks. The philosophical verve to do the former (as we should) will serve to restrict foreign trade (also, as we should).
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