Kevin_Kennedy
Defend Liberty
- Aug 27, 2008
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Hello, Kevin. May I ask what those issues are relative to your positions?
Thanks.
Well, for starters, he's talking about "containing" Russia. What does that mean, and why should the U.S. government be involved in doing it? I'm a non-interventionist so I don't see that containing Russia is in line with non-interventionism, and H.W. was certainly no non-interventionist so that's no good. He also voted for sanctions against Iran despite the fact that Iran has every right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. At one point he supported keeping Guantanamo Bay Prison open and continuing the policy of indefinite detention. He seems to have backed off that a little bit recently, but his current views on the issue aren't clear.
These are some of my objections.
But he didn't say contain, he said isolate. Let's not put words in his mouth. Ron was constantly accused of being an isolationist, which was simply a confusion with non-interventionist...both of which are at least understandably similar at least in a certain way of looking at it. So that being the case, what is so wrong with isolating a country? Trade with all nations, alliances with none...right? But we are certainly free to cease trading and cut any ties at all if we feel a nation is causing problems.
Isolate, contain, I don't think it much matters, but yes, I suppose I quoted him incorrectly.