Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf_The_Grey
While I'm a big Ron Paul supporter myself (don't agree with everything he advocates though), I'd only preferre his governance at the federal level, not the state/provincial level. I'm on disability right now, and Paul's answer to that is "the community will pull together and take care of you". Well, maybe that worked in the 1920's, but it's a rediculous notion today. Hell, I don't even know anybody in this town; I would be out on the streets with no hope for survival if the government didn't provide disability benefits. But that's also why I support Ron Paul, because he wants to cut the out-of-control spending at the federal level, and leave the states to how they want to take care of their people. I guess you could say I'm a libertarian with mild socialist inclinations (yes, Americans, I know "socialist" is a dirty word in your country. People love to bash the philosophy by pointing to the faullies of it when taken to extremes).



Also I don't agree with his stance on Iraq and Afghanistan. Yes, being over there has caused most of the aggression problems, but if we pull out of Afghanistan now, the Taliban and AlQaeda aren't going to suddenly forgive us and stop attacking. Whether or not America can be faulted to whatever degree, there's no excuse for slaughtering innocent civilians (9/11). If that isn't pretext for war, I don't know what is. Frankly I'm amazed Bush was so lenient as to give the Taliban the chance to step down from power before getting their asses handed to them.

Iraq, they never should have gotten themselves into. But America did make a mistake, they did blow apart Iraqi infrastructure, destabalize a country, and kill hundreds of thousands of people. They owe it to the Iraqi people now to fix their mistake and not leave a weakened, barely stablized nation, to the mercy criminals, gangs, terrorists, extremists, Iran, and those who would impose Sharia law. That would be like handing over your country to the fanatical Christian fundamentalists in America; except a few times worse.
You're also forgetting his stance that they attacked us because we've been on their soil for years and years past...Which I strongly agree with.

Before the war started they wanted to attack us, after the war started they wanted to attack us, while the war continues, they still want to attack us. Do you think that they're going to want to attack us more if we leave them alone?? I sure don't think they're going to attack another building with an airliner..What does that leave?? Let's see...they could have meetings here in America where we let them in..and discuss how to do it? Right, they're probably already doing that anyhow..

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."