WHAT TO DO ABOUT ISIS? There is no doubt ISIS poses a great threat to the U.S. But is bombing them the right answer? Some say intervention will only make things worse. Others say we must "destroy ISIS militarily."
AMERICAN OVERREACH? Progressives and neocons alike support "nation building" and call those who don't support it "isolationist." I resent this smear. I want to be engaged with the world without being in charge of it. There are times when we have to go to war, but those times should be as rare as possible.
LOSING YOUR RIGHTS: Judge Andrew Napolitano says that since 9/11, the American people lost their rights guaranteed in the Constitution; The Patriot Act and NSA spying are just the tip of the iceberg. I push back.
THE LEFT AND THE MILITARY: The military's job is to defend the country and win wars when asked. But the media instead suggests the military's greatest challenge is to achieve greater social justice and gender equality, while integrating green technology. Has the military been politicized by progressives?
PRIVATIZE THE TSA: The TSA's security screening performance is abysmal. So why not privatize it? This would create a more efficient and innovative security system that would do a better job to protect us from terror.
MY TAKE: The U.S. military is asked to chase and kill terrorists, train foreign militaries, protect sea lanes, secure the internet, contain China, keep oil cheap, protect other countries from aggression, stop genocide, protect innocent people, transform failed states into democracies-and the list goes on! Is it worth all the spending and the lives? Often it makes new enemies. Like most government plans, war tends not to work out as well as planners hoped. We libertarians wonder why people assume government will do better this time.
