tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4160470083312262822..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Rand Paul’s War Against “Radical Islam”Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18652656524617485602013-02-08T22:20:30.320-05:002013-02-08T22:20:30.320-05:00The West once had a great and sensible way to &quo...The West once had a great and sensible way to "combat" Islam without forcing the population to pay for nation building or state-sanctioned murder.<br /><br />Of course, we called this "conversion," and great spiritual/moral leaders of the past, many of whom were Jesuits, took upon themselves great risk in attempts to unify the world, largely without launching war. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11236340355772897492013-02-08T19:21:39.421-05:002013-02-08T19:21:39.421-05:00None. And there never will be. So what? Politics i...None. And there never will be. So what? Politics is a losers game.Mikehttp://antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77082284336928076682013-02-08T15:09:54.003-05:002013-02-08T15:09:54.003-05:00I guess Rand Paul picks and chooses when to apply ...I guess Rand Paul picks and chooses when to apply the non-aggression principle. That's not principled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60495223538408603892013-02-08T14:19:11.211-05:002013-02-08T14:19:11.211-05:00Another takeaway from the interview with Glenn Bec...Another takeaway from the interview with Glenn Beck is Rand Paul's definition of libertarianism. Rand expressed the non-aggression principle in a manner which directly contradicts all of his sanctioning, war-drum beating, radical Islam defining babble:<br /><br><br />GLENN: Tell me quickly, square the libertarian point of view that there should be no regulation on anything you do.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55432703907048278312013-02-08T13:29:49.009-05:002013-02-08T13:29:49.009-05:00Raimondo should name us the candidates who have wo...Raimondo should name us the candidates who have won statewide elections with his foreign policy. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63591809593157537932013-02-08T13:05:55.203-05:002013-02-08T13:05:55.203-05:00So is the son of Ron Paul utterly clueless,or is h...So is the son of Ron Paul utterly clueless,or is he just playing a cynical game of politics to garner support for the 2016 race? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153766510906010466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15904518632503278782013-02-08T13:01:48.599-05:002013-02-08T13:01:48.599-05:00Political rhetoric is the art of illusion. Clear ...Political rhetoric is the art of illusion. Clear thinking is not a by product. Rand is just is another in a long line of rent seeking whores backed by the MIC and the banks that finance it. Realist and Neocon differences are one of degree and not of direction. Both schools of foreign policy are interventionist to the core. Both seek to maintain the empire abroad and the flowering police statestevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254728148882930531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41779075478311168522013-02-08T12:35:00.189-05:002013-02-08T12:35:00.189-05:00I have rarely read someone as ahead of the curve a...I have rarely read someone as ahead of the curve as Justin Raimondo, and he has been in that position a long time.Switchbladenoreply@blogger.com