[quote]Nominal Prospect wrote:
Hey Jeff, go tell the folks on FR your theory about Giuliani winning - you will get laughed off stage. Incidentally, that is where I first got the idea that the Dems were near-finished as a party (someone put it in their tag line).
You completely miss the mark as far as terrorism is concerned. Terrorism, like any tactic, is “legitimized” by it’s real-world performance. No terrorist in the world is going to quit being a terrorist simply because the U.S. President spoke out against it.
As I have pointed out time and again, terrorism works - THAT is why it is being used against us. Our conventional military cannot win against 4th generation warfare tactics. The state has lost it’s monopoly on warfare.
Interestingly, neo-cons show some understanding of the problem in their periodic complaints about the rules of engagement that prevent our troops from routing out the enemy. Yet, for some reason, you’re unable to put two-and-two together and realize the implications of this policy on the WoT.
Tell me this: Do you think Hillary Clinton, of all people, is going to scrap the RoE and be the one to say, “fuck it, just kill em like we did in WWII”?
Be honest, Jeffy. It ain’t gonna happen. That time is over and done with. It’s history. If Bush, in all his neocon might, did not do it, then nobody else will. It’s time to face the facts. We are in a war that we CANNOT win. Ron Paul is the only person brave enough to take us out of this mess. For this, he will become the next President of the United States.
You don’t realize it, but you, my friend, are not a real conservative. You are a Wilsonian, liberal interventionist. Your kind is about to be banished from the public arena. The American public hasn’t got the stomach for this business. Your day has come.
RonPaul2008[/quote]
Interesting.
However, ron paul’s stance is FAR more dangerous.
It’s all about showing weakness. If we show it, our enemies capitalize.
If they are being killed by the dozens, it’s harder to recruit.
Regardless of what the lixy’s of the world say, there is not an endless supply of scum.
However, imagine if we pull the old ron paul, “Let’s try to understand where bin laden is coming from” crap. Then that emboldens any of the fence sitters who currently aren’t using terrorism.
By the way, the only people that terrorism is making run for cover are the duplitious dems and the ron pauls.
If we all were ironclad in our resolve to root it out and destroy it, we could knock it down to something far less lethal.
No, we can’t stop every single act of terror for all time.
However, it CAN be signficantly be reduced.
If we try the Fortress America crap, we are in trouble.
This isn’t 1812. These guys are here already. They’ll hit again.
It’s all about power. Which petty punk is trying to rule his local caliphate.
If said punk can make the Americans run, he will be feared and respected.
ron paul not only lacks everything needed to be elected, his thinking is fatally flawed.
Oh, Rudy will be the nominee. Get used to it.
Finally, by putting Rudy up, the Republicans show that they are a party of ideas. The tent is large and diverse.
It is the polar opposite of the party of hypocrites, racists, and blow-hards (see joe biden (racial slurs) klanman byrd, algore (energy, marijuana) etc.
JeffR
