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Ah, the infinite wisdom of those who puts words into the mouths of others. Santorum has never stated that, “we will attack you because we know better than you do what is best for you.” The period goes on the inside of the quotation marks by the way.

Even the author of the article purposely misquotes him under the photo he used on page 2. He was at least nice enough to give the full quote in the written part of the article though. You cannot stop at, “a responsibility to others,” for that quote. The end of that statement shows the full meaning of his statement, “It was responsibility to your family, but not just your family. It was a responsibility to your neighbors and to your country.” He never says anything about having a responsibility to other countries, otherwise he would have said something like, “a responsibility to your neighbors, to your country, and to our neighboring countries.” But he DIDN’T.

To be frank I would be much happier with a President that was willing to go to war than one who wouldn’t. The fault for all of the wars falls onto the shoulders of Congress, not just the President. WWII was the last war authorized by Congress, the fact they did not cease funding or impeach the offending President is their own dang fault. Even Reagan broke that rule sadly with The Cold War era, no war was officially declared by our sitting members of Congress and so any actions taken were technically illegal.

The fault lies with Congress for forgetting their responsibilities to this nation, just like they have forgotten their responsibility to vote on all federal laws (this includes regulations passed by various agencies enforceable by law). Executive Orders passed by the various Presidents that obviously extend to parties outside of the direct power of the Executive Branch are illegal and should have been overturned by Congress. The Supreme Court would only have jurisdiction to overturn such Orders if the issue was first brought to the courts, they cannot intervene without it.