Ms Lib R. Tea Talks Middle East & Foreign Policy

I guess I should start by saying that I am opposed to all US involvement overseas. I don't believe that we should have an embassy in another country, let alone a military base or actual American soldiers there. There is no provision in the Constitution granting the Federal government the right to create these institutions or to fund them with tax dollars-in fact there are many points in the Constitution (not to mention in direct quotes from the Constitution's framers) that seem directly opposed to this idea of globalizing America's troupes and/or politics.


Let's start off with some of the framer's takes on foreign policy:

"I am for free commerce with all nations, political connection with none, and little or no diplomatic establishment. I sincerely join...in abjuring all political connection with every foreign power; and though I cordially wish well to the progress of liberty in all nations...commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto." Jefferson, excerpts from several letters, 1799

"It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world...Act for ourselves and not for others [by forming an] American character wholly free of foreign attachments.” Washington, excerpts from his Farewell Address

It is clear that Jefferson and Washington believed in Non-interventionist foreign policy (not to be confused with isolationism), and that the idea of 'trade with all, entanglements with none' is a cornerstone of America's founding principles.

"Times have changed" people cry. Really? Well, then-if the policies of our government are no longer valid I suppose we can do away with free speech, gun rights, and public trials then as well. It is hypocritical to say "we must change the Constitution, except for the parts I like". It is either the founding legal document of this nation, or it is not. {Spoiler:It is, at least last time I checked.}

It is those Constitutional guidelines that we should be adhering to, and if we're going to do that there are a few things we'd need to get done:

Bring all troupes, military, and government officials out of other countries.
End all undeclared 'wars' (even those by other pseudonyms such as 'peacekeeping'). Keep in mind that the Congress, the only branch of government able to declare and operate a war, has not done so since 1941.
Disband the standing army (Article 1 Section 8 clearly states that armies are to be funded for no more than 2 years).

I can hear you....'disband the standing army?!' Gasp-shock-horror-plotz. Yes. I very much mean that. The entire purpose of the Second Amendment and the clauses regarding Militias is to encourage that Americans own firearms and protect themselves with them. Did you know that if only 25% of Americans owned a weapon, that the number of armed citizens would be almost 11 times the number of people in the largest military in the world? True story. We would be able to protect ourselves just fine in case of an actual invasion.

The last, but in my mind, most important reason to oppose all foreign military action is that as we "spread freedom around the globe" we are tightening the noose on American Liberty at home. The so-called "Patriot Act" was the most unConstitutional piece of legislation that has been introduced in generations. Maybe even ever. Out of coerced fear, Americans have surrendered their natural freedoms to the government and traded them in for a false sense of security....and as the wise Thomas Jefferson said,

"He who would trade liberty for security will soon have none and deserves neither."

This only becomes more and more obvious as our liberties drain, and the government uses fear mongering to gain yet more power over us. They repeat their Newspeak endlessly in an attempt to teach us:

War is Peace...we've murdered more than 100,000 civilians in their homes for "peace"....
Ignorance is Strength...no need to fact check, it's more important to go in with muscles flexed and guns blazing....

If we continue as we are, allowing and even promoting our government's anti-liberty behaviors, it is only a matter of time before we "learn" that Freedom is Slavery, and take that final step into the Orwellian dystopia our Founding Fathers worked so hard to prevent.

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GOP Mama Discusses The Middle East

There is no more fitting day, than today, September 11th, to discuss the conflicts in the Middle East.
There is still so much tension just over the topic that I pretty much cringe at the idea of debating it. I firmly believe in our involvement in the wars, however, hate how it has divided our country.
I think back to the days just after 9/11 and I remember how we all came together, as Americans, and the pride I felt. I remember seeing flags waving EVERYWHERE. It stirred up such a feeling of camaraderie.
Honestly, I don't remember anything other than support for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan back then. (Maybe I was watching the wrong stations?) But, I do remember watching those first days of the war; watching as our troops made their way through the dessert and I was so impressed with how everything was being handled and I felt good about it. The Iraqi people were finally going to be free and one less tyrannical leader would be in place.
I don't know where it changed, but it did. Suddenly the focus was not on the good things our troops were accomplishing, but rather the "lies" that were told to get us there. It was suddenly about how many soldiers were dying and not about how many lives were saved and it divided our country...again :(
I am not a person that loves war. I don't like the idea of fighting. I don't like the idea of sacrificing a single soul for a cause, whether it be justified or not.
However, I am also realistic. I know the world we live in. I know the safety of our country sometimes relies on the stability of the rest of the world and sadly, sometimes that means we have to get involved.
The Middle East is a volatile place. I'd love to think we could just go about our daily business and never care what happens there, but the truth is, we can not. It needs stability and as the defenders of freedom and as one of the strongest nations in the world, it becomes our responsibility to become involved and with that decision must come resolve to finish whatever we start.
NO COMPROMISE.
I don't mean to say that there can't be a resolution to end a war, of course there can. But, I do mean to say, that when our country commits our troops, our men & women, to battle, we better be absolutely prepared to go in, guns raised, and not come out until the conflict is resolved.
I realize that the Middle East has always been an extremely volatile part of our world, always filled with one religious conflict or another. And, it wouldn't take a genius to realize that a lot of these conflicts will continue long after I am dead and gone. But, I think it also only takes common sense to realize that unless someone is involved, to try to "keep the peace", that these conflicts will spread like locusts... just as it did on 9/11....


He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. ~ Thomas Payne

ps I didn't really feel right, given the date, to get into all of the inconsistancies of our media's take (and the democratic party, for that matter) on war from one President to another, but I will say, it astounds me.
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