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Keith B wrote:And I would pick many others bfore him becuase of this Subject: Rep. Ron Paul opposed to raid on Bin Laden's compound

This is one of two issues that prevent me from truly calling myself a Libertarian. (I don't consider myself Republican or Democrat, either.) Isolationism is a terrible idea from both a moral and practical standpoint. One need look no further than World War II to understand this. If we would have intervened in Europe earlier, we could've helped to end the war alot sooner. Think of all the lives that could have been saved - civilians and soldiers, to say nothing of the Holocaust. Likewise, if we had continued to remain uninvolved (i.e. if the Japanese had never attacked us at Pearl Harbor), Hilter likely would've taken all of Europe. Would he have been able to cross the Atlantic and overrun us here? It's hard to say, but either way, it's a very negative outcome for us - far worse than the price we paid to help end the war.