#40 and #47
I see no reason to put aside my differences with social conservatives … Libertarians have been doing that for decades and what has it gotten us? … A bigger gov’t with more debt.
Social conservatives should put aside their differences and vote someone like Johnson.
As for his positions on Iraq and Afghanistan, Iraq is essentially over. It should have little to no bearing on the 2012 election. I’ll have to wait to see his position on Afghanistan … presuming Obama hasn’t either a) settled it or be b) abandoned it.
Our mission in Afghanistan has morphed from hunting Osama (whom I believe is dead) and Al Qaeda to propping up the current gov’t and hunting the Taliban. I understand the reasoning for not letting the Taliban regain control however, we can’t prop up a corrupt gov’t.
We need a good debate about staying or leaving Afghanistan. At the moment, I lean towards staying if we up the troop level to numbers sufficient to do the job. Otherwise let’s declare Osama dead, al Qaeda disrupted and bring the troops home.
