tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18018438.post9046773054398457969..comments2023-04-09T04:17:19.877-05:00Comments on Shack Sounds Off: The NY Times misses the point. (I wish I had)Shackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07526318427412759552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18018438.post-52172313320142922202007-02-26T13:12:00.000-06:002007-02-26T13:12:00.000-06:00Well, yeah, I agree that Islamists are the problem...Well, yeah, I agree that Islamists are the problem.<BR/><BR/>So our focus should be on the Islamists, starting at the borders.<BR/><BR/>But that's not the same as the entire Middle East, nor "Southwest Asia."<BR/><BR/>That's just Islamists.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18018438.post-89718336621990973872007-02-25T12:57:00.000-06:002007-02-25T12:57:00.000-06:00Improving border security will help, no question--...Improving border security will help, no question--but I would maintain that that has no bearing on what actions the US should take in trying to resolve these problems abroad, before they wash up on our shores. (And when the problem is expansionist Islam--and we're Infidel Enemy #1--I have to wonder whether any conflict with them can be called a "foreign entanglement," no matter where in the world it takes place.)<BR/><BR/>It's not a question of "either-or," and we pro-lifers, of all people, should know better--the pro-choice movement has been trying to make care for the unborn child and care for the unborn child's mother mutually exclusive propositions since before I was born. It's the same deal here.Shackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07526318427412759552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18018438.post-8300278573520266162007-02-25T09:26:00.000-06:002007-02-25T09:26:00.000-06:00Seems to me that the Constitution requires that th...Seems to me that the Constitution requires that the Feds protect the United States of America.<BR/><BR/>Let's start there--like, say, on the southern border.<BR/><BR/>"Foreign entanglements" by their very nature derogate from the first responsibility--protecting the USA.<BR/><BR/>Given that we have "foreign entanglements," it's now a matter of degree, no?Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.com