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I'll post most of what RP actually said.
Ron Paul is breathtakingly - and actually dangerously - naive about defense.
You guys always say that, but I think it is just to rationalize having so much military personal all over the world.
I have seen the maps of where our bases are in the world. I may not know much about military but I doubt we need that many, plus I have a real problem with us acting like an Empire. History is very informative on what happens to countries that act like Empires.
Of course now I will get some response as to why we need all those bases... I just want to know one good reason why we still have so many in Germany.
It has nothing to do with 'rationalization' and everything to do with International Relationships. Shocking though it may be, America does not exist in a vacuum. It has allies that are critical to our mutual benefit.
As Americans, it is our responsibility to learn to think outside of our own self interest and work with other nations. Otherwise, things like WWII happen.
We do not just need to read about history, we need to understand it, and behave rationally instead of emotionally. As a nation, we often err towards emotion rather than logic. We're a passionate people. That is not a bad thing - but we do need to understand more than what we 'know'. We must factor in the 'known unknowns' and the 'unknown unknowns'. That is where I part ideological company with Libertarians. They are far too naive.