“But in general, Paul reminds me of foreign policy liberals, who are long on condemnation, short on balanced analysis. ”

I can only assume that you made this comment out of just plain not knowing of Dr. Paul’s history as both a statesman and a scholar as evidenced by his books here:

http://www.mises.org/studyguide.aspx?action=author&Id=392

And his articles here:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul-arch.html

His books are evidence of his reasoned, learned analysis. His articles are merely reflections of what he and his supporters already know to be true, namely that above and beyond all else, Liberty and the dignity of the individual always outweighs the supposed needs and desires of the State. This is never more true than when the State turns predator and begins to sap us all of our life, liberty, happiness and property all in the name of “security”, “the children” or other buzzword compliant excuses for legalized plunder.

In the end, it’s up to each of us to make our decisions on what we know (or what we think know). But before that can happen, we must at least take an honest effort to educate ourselves and rise above our own preconceptions.

Happy New Year.

Jamie

With nukes this is entirely redundant, we can generally sit back with our missile subs at sea ready to bring Biblical destruction on those who would attack our soil.

And as for 9/11, that could have been stopped by armed pilots. El Al, the Israeli airline, always has guns on board for just such an occasion and they have never had a single successful hijacking.