tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post8126510949328124077..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: OMG Rand Paul Open to Iraq Air StrikesRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56154887628947369192014-06-16T10:19:09.763-04:002014-06-16T10:19:09.763-04:00Cool, it is the neocon version of "libwap&quo...Cool, it is the neocon version of "libwap"!..didn't see that one coming...Rick Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751593125225334255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54919661692944955992014-06-16T10:03:48.790-04:002014-06-16T10:03:48.790-04:00Rand's approach is similar to what Dr. Robert ...Rand's approach is similar to what Dr. Robert Pape calls "off-shore balancing", a strategy which focuses on bombardment from afar and other "invisible" means to affect the sort of change the US government desires in a particular situation, rather than a "boots on the ground" strategy. Pape argues that it is provable that suicide terrorists are motivated by one Rick Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11751593125225334255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52953016057332193212014-06-16T04:41:06.672-04:002014-06-16T04:41:06.672-04:00I would not object to providing guns and ammo to t...I would not object to providing guns and ammo to the people for self defense. Air-drop 'em tomorrow - 100,000 rifles and ammo. <br /><br />Also, I would not object to transporting an ALL volunteer force of military AND civilian Americans to fight and kill ISIS. By volunteer I mean they volunteered for THIS mission, not for the US military. No "rules of engagement" - kill 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33684345703674560272014-06-16T00:27:40.582-04:002014-06-16T00:27:40.582-04:00“I would not rule out air strikes. But I would say...“I would not rule out air strikes. But I would say, after 10 years, it is appalling to me that they are stripping their uniforms off and running. And it concerns me that we would have to do their fighting for them because they won’t fight for their own country, their own cities.”<br /><br />Rand, when the US army was invading, the opposing forces were labeled as "terrorists". Just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4303189861993572182014-06-15T22:02:57.137-04:002014-06-15T22:02:57.137-04:00like all armies the US trains its quite obvious th...like all armies the US trains its quite obvious that the recruits probably Shite, are there just for a paycheck and when based in a sunni town, faced with determined fanatics, they quite sensibly bugged out.Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.com