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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 5673673" data-attributes="member: 44954">As someone who voted for Ron Paul twice, I do like seeing this thread pop up.&nbsp; I miss the optimism he brought me. My political opinions have changed more than once over the years. I still think Ron Paul had some of it right in regards to foreign entanglements, but much of it seems naive in hindsight.I think we do have a role in international warfare.&nbsp; My issue is that we do not fight wars to win them.&nbsp; We could have won in Iraq and Afghanistan in short measure, but we fought soft wars.&nbsp; We could have prevented war in Ukraine.&nbsp; Once it started, we could have ended it swiftly.I no longer have issue with military interventionism, I have a problem with a military industrial complex that wants wars to go on forever, and only allows them to &quot;end&quot; if they have another one teed up.Anyways, it&#039;s fun looking back and seeing how seemingly prophetic Dr Paul was.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 5673673, member: 44954"] As someone who voted for Ron Paul twice, I do like seeing this thread pop up. I miss the optimism he brought me. My political opinions have changed more than once over the years. I still think Ron Paul had some of it right in regards to foreign entanglements, but much of it seems naive in hindsight. I think we do have a role in international warfare. My issue is that we do not fight wars to win them. We could have won in Iraq and Afghanistan in short measure, but we fought soft wars. We could have prevented war in Ukraine. Once it started, we could have ended it swiftly. I no longer have issue with military interventionism, I have a problem with a military industrial complex that wants wars to go on forever, and only allows them to "end" if they have another one teed up. Anyways, it's fun looking back and seeing how seemingly prophetic Dr Paul was. [/QUOTE]

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