Perhaps you'd better re-examine those reasons you joined the military. Supporting and defending the Constitution comes in many shapes and sizes. If the only one you're satisfied with is going to other countries then you're likely to be let down regardless of who the next Executive is.
Less concerned with a politician's policies toward the military than I am with their policies toward maintaining the freedoms the Constitution guarantees...and we defend. Nobody actually understands and has policies that conform with/embrace the Constitution OTHER than Ron Paul.
I find it mildly amusing that Ron Paul supporters think that he has the best grasp on the Constitution out of everyone in the field. It is an opinion, not a fact. We are also supposed to defend our country, from all enemies oreign and domestic. Withdrawing into a little cocoon is not going to help defend us. And criticizing someone who wants to cut the military down to a fraction of its current size is bad? A single issue? Gimme a break, it shows a larger lack of reality when it comes to the world.
If we don't bother them they won't bother us! If we just ignore all the problems of the world then they will just go away! All is good in this world of rainbows and sunshine! Yippie!
I also can't agree with Ron Paul's policy on isolationalism.
That is exactly what Ron Paul advocates, by withdrawing our our troops from overseas and from the UN, NATO and pretty much all other treaties too. Sounds more like a candidate from 1908 instread of 2008. Didn't work out for us in WWI or WWII, and it defintely would not have worked in the Cold War. Nor would it work in GWOT.
I'm not a big fan of Ron Paul for several reasons. First and foremost is his economic stance. Ron Paul wants to get rid of the Federal Reserve, which serves an extremely important purpose. Also he advocates pegging the US currency back to gold. Gold standards only work if you have a large amount of countries willing to adopt a gold standard, not just one country. Also the floating currency has worked extremely well since the gold standard was dropped in the 70's so I don't see a good reason to change. Not to mention floating currency exchange rates allow for easier and smoother market adjustments. Now before everyone goes and comments on how the US dollar has continued to depreciate, let's remember that a weaker dollar means US exports are more competitive abroad because they're cheaper. So there are pros and cons to currency depreciation.
Excellent summary on why a floating currency can be a good thing.
The dollar is currenly worth about 4 cents of what is was worth when the Fed took control. I dont think that's very good for the middle class. You can also thank the Fed for the impending crisis regarding the Subprime housing market. Pumping half a trillion dollars into the economy does wonders for inflation.
The Fed was founded in 1913, the value of the dollar has fallen since to 4% of what is worth then. Why does that matter? Who here is still making 1913 wages? Or using 1913 dollars? You missing out on 1913 appliances? Or a car? Show me a currency that was around then, like the Pound Sterling, that has kept its value. And let me know how well we did with the ups and downs in the economy before the fed was founded, not so well at times (look up the Panic of 1893). And the gold standard, it really helped us out during the Depression, didn't it? Open a history book and read it.
Letter of Marque and Reprisal.. Old school technique for a foe stuck in the middle ages (but with modern weapons)
You really want mercenaries doing our fighting for us? And you really want guys like this running around doing that?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3569552.stm
It is an antiquated idea whose time has passed.
I saw a car with a Ron Paul sticker today...my first thought was, "There's a wasted vote."
Exactly my thoughts.
P.S. There are a small handful of Ron Paul supporters at work here, they spout off the same stuff like the dollar declining in value, letters of marque and etc. Is there a training program that you all go through? You all sound all eeirely alike.
