Originally posted by texasmom
Sorry, not trying to discourage you from your support of him, and I'm not trying to sharpshoot you in any way.
Your interest in your elected officials places you at least an echelon above most of the other Americans who don't vote; and of those who vote, probably half of those don't research the candidates to see whom they really would like to see in office.
So, it's a great thing that you've taken an interest in him.
I just think he's a total wuss ~ just a personal opinion ~ and can't ever imagine him as selecting him as our Commander in Chief (picture of him wearing a pink jacket and brandishing a riding whip just flashed through my head).
fair enough...
just so you know, what you see as "wussiness" (sp?) I see as a constitutionally-based understanding of foreign policy. RP's position is that we DON'T pick fights. We DON'T invade other countries in order to effect a regime change, enforce UN regulations, or to "spread democracy" by force of arms. We DO defend ourselves, we DO go after those who attack us, and when diplomacy fails and force is needed we DO follow the Constitution by declaring war. He's all for using force when it's constitutionally justified, he just doesn't believe Iraq meets that requirement.
The way I see it is, what we've got now is a situation where due to our over-reaching foreign policy our resources are spread so thin that we don't have enough to satisfy the core responsibilities. Case in point, Afghanistan. We failed to get Bin Laden, were we completely dedicated to and focused on that task things may have turned out differently. Instead of focusing our resources on that task, Bush saw an opportunity in Iraq and took it, borrowing more money from China to fund the whole thing. To top it all off, now a confrontation with Iran is looming in which we'll be faced with even more $$$ borrowed and more lives spent. Can't say I like where all this is heading...
