Thanks Publius - great posts !
And I myself do take a realistic view and in my opinion, when we try to label ideology upon our political actions, frankly put, shit happens.
When we act out of self defense in our own interests, results have been far better. In Vietnam, our boys died for another country to which the United States had little reason to be paying blood for another nation's problems. In the Middle East, we shouldn't be sending our boys to pay with their blood over a nation we could care less about.
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