War-Party Prattle

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Other highlights (or lowlights, rather) from the CBS/National Journal GOP Debate, which may elicit rhetorical reprisals from my readers:

IRAN: Newt Gingrich exercised his wit in suggesting that Obama had exhausted all the ways to be dumb about Iran. I disagree, but then I am not a neoconservative, and I do not experience a vicarious delight when my country’s military and government bombs, boycotts, and generally bullies barely developed countries. As a prelude to war, Newt was willing to entertain covert operations, co-operation with Israel, but war to break the Iranian regime would be best.

Ron Paul reminded all that war powers were vested in the congressional cockroaches, and warned against Iraq-like war propaganda against mad A-Jad. Still a peculiar idea, if to judge by the facilitator’s facial expression.

Rick Perry, who had taken his meds for the occasion, wanted to shut down the Iranian economy (all the better to starve its people). Good going for a goon.

The Other Rick advocated funding the pro-democracy movement. (With what? Monopoly money?) Santorum also believes that foreign aid creates jobs (although not in Iran). (By logical extension, RS, can you perhaps explain why Republicans assert that the assorted stimulus initiatives have failed to create jobs? How does their source of funding differ from that of foreign aid? Oops; you’re talking to the hand, Ilana Mercer. Not that his inquisitors would ever ask, but RS is incapable of explaining away that “minor” lapse in logic.) RS liked the idea of covert activity targeting Iranian scientists, and advocated the only thing with which I agree: the unleashing of computer viruses on nuclear programming. (See “Cyber-Warfare: Is It Libertarian?”)

Water-boarding babe Michele Bachmann warned of a nuclear conflagration involving Israel. As much as libertarians prefer to pretend otherwise, this is a reality the tiny country should entertain, as no one else is willing to face it, and many even delight in it.

See also, “And the Anti-War Winner is…”

MORE to come.

5 thoughts on “War-Party Prattle”

  1. Dennis

    I have understood that the three most important functions of government were: 1. A Military to protect the nation’s citizens from an external attack 2. A Police Force to protect the nation’s citizens from internal criminal activities 3. A System of Courts to resolve disputes among citizens and other entities.

    Nowhere in my CATO pocket Constitution do I find an Article or an Amendment authoring the U.S. Military to willy-nilly conduct war.

    Perhaps historical answers to today’s political positioning may be found in Edward Gibbon’s “THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE”.

    http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/gibbon_decline.html

  3. Jack

    My expectation is that Obama and War Party #2 will do everything they can to take the “soft on Iran” issue away from War Party #1 before the election. Already Obama is talking tough and saying “All options are on the table” according to Foxnews. And War Party #1 will praise the action but say it should have been done sooner, all according to the script.

  4. My RON-PAUL i

    Rick Santorum – let us take the money of taxpayers at gunpoint to fund “democracy” around the world! I guess like the Shariah Law that is rising up with the Arab Spring that we are applauding. Since when is democracy more important than individual liberty?

    I notice you didn’t mention Cain? Did he propose imposing “9/9/9” on Somalia? Can he tell between Somalia and a Salami Pizza?

    Subtle sabotage of Iran – possibly selective embargoing of military stuff (not milk powder or vitamins!) – cyber-war …. – certainly can make sense.

    Dropping bombs hither and yither, starving/depriving civilians, or corrupting dissidents with money (see Chalabi / Karzai etc….) – are stupid
    policies, “Professor” Gingrich – even if some Israelis want us to do it!

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