(Originally Published by Howey Politics Indiana) On October 11, 1912, George and Ollie Risley weren’t concerned with the Italo-Turkish war. On that Friday, they were concerned with the difficult task of childbirth on a small family farm in Knox County, Indiana. Lucky for your columnist, all went well, and they welcomed my great-grandfather Miles in […]
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The Self-Absorption of the Syrian Discussion
It is completely self-absorbed and arrogant to launch military strikes on another country to save the credibility of a President, the Presidency, or a nation. This really hit home last night as I watched an interview with a Syrian activist. His message: Save your bombs. You don’t care about us anyways, and you’ve now put […]
Tired of Being Told You “Blame America” ?
By seanshepard on November 19, 2011 in blame america, conservative, foreign policy, ron paul, Tea Party
In a foreign policy discussion with some supposed Tea Party members where I engaged with lots of historical facts, information and philosophy I got one of those Hannity told them to say this responses like, “you just hate and want to blame America” and…
A Message For Pro-Intervention Conservatives and Liberals
By LPMC on October 1, 2010 in CIA, foreign policy, interventionist, iran, iraq, Libertarian, non-intervention, ron paul
A lot of traditional conservatives and even some liberals don’t seem to have much of a problem with America’s foreign policy. Libertarians, Ron Paul supporters and others like to point out the problems and repercussions, including what the CIA calls “…