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BrotherWu · 11-28-2007, 02:52 PM

Yes, that's my point.

Should we have to wait on Pearl Harbor before we wade into a situation? Paul is very critical of the idea of the U.S. using a doctrine of a justifiable preemptive strike but I think it is definitely justifiable.

Public support aside, how much easier would it have been to finish WWII had we declared war prior to actually being attacked? It was clear much earlier than 41 that we were going to be drawn in. Wasn't a draft instituted 6 or 7 years earlier? For one thing, it would have been nice to start out with a Pacific fleet.

It is honestly the only thing I have heard Paul say that concerns me. Virtually every other word he utters makes me want to have his child.

EDIT: So, for example, if we elect Paul and dismiss Chavez and Ahmadinejads of the world as lunatics and decide to keep our noses out of it, have we set a course that will result in a repeat of history? Have we failed morally to support the liberty of our fellow human beings? I'm not sure what the answer is, but it is my one reservation.

11-28-2007, 02:52 PM	#898 (permalink)
BrotherWu Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 172 -1 Internets	Yes, that's my point. Should we have to wait on Pearl Harbor before we wade into a situation? Paul is very critical of the idea of the U.S. using a doctrine of a justifiable preemptive strike but I think it is definitely justifiable. Public support aside, how much easier would it have been to finish WWII had we declared war prior to actually being attacked? It was clear much earlier than 41 that we were going to be drawn in. Wasn't a draft instituted 6 or 7 years earlier? For one thing, it would have been nice to start out with a Pacific fleet. It is honestly the only thing I have heard Paul say that concerns me. Virtually every other word he utters makes me want to have his child. EDIT: So, for example, if we elect Paul and dismiss Chavez and Ahmadinejads of the world as lunatics and decide to keep our noses out of it, have we set a course that will result in a repeat of history? Have we failed morally to support the liberty of our fellow human beings? I'm not sure what the answer is, but it is my one reservation. Last edited by BrotherWu; 11-28-2007 at 02:57 PM..