Yesterday, while I was at the rally for Ron Paul, I infiltrated the “inner-circle” and found Adam Kokesh and, of course he recognized me. But, he was a little confused about how I found my way past security, but he forgets that I’m a charming little fucker. We shook hands and he said I was welcomed to the rally, which was gracious enough, I suppose. But I can’t help but wonder what he said after I left.
So I stayed at the party long enough to hear Adam Kokesh explain why Ron Paul is the choice of all of the troops he knows. He said Ron Paul is decisive, which, I’m sure he is, and that’s part of the problem. His decisions suck ass.
Kokesh said that Paul will only send the troops into combat with a “declaration of war” and only when our security is threatened. I guess he meant that George Bush didn’t have a declaration of war to fight in Iraq, but he did have the “Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002”. Ron Paul (and five other Republicans) joined the 126 Democrats who voted against it, so just because Paul voted against it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
And Paul voted for Bill Clinton’s Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, which authorized the use of force to replace Saddam Hussein, so what was different in 2002 that wasn’t in 1998? Of course, the same could be asked of those 126 Democrats.
And I suppose that Paul won’t commit the military to a fight until an enemy has blockaded our seaports. By that time it’s probably too late to fight, so Paul can just go down in history as our last President. If crashing jets into our buildings isn’t a reason to respond to an enemy, I don’t know what would trigger a response.
It’s just that the Paulians are just so naive when it comes to national defense. It’s an almost child-like reaction based around the policy that “war is bad”. I agree, but there are times that it’s necessary. And putting our national security in the hands of a guy who claims that his national security experience stems from his military service, which was as an OB/GYN Air Force doctor in the 60s is immature, at the least. Especially from the same people who think that being a fighter pilot in the Texas National Guard is a joke.
As i estimated yesterday, the rally attracted less than a thousand people, and at the last count, more than half of them were not veterans, even fewer were actual combat veterans, which might explain why our resident trolls think Ron Paul is a good idea.
See, here’s the thing about Kokesh’s anti-war stance; he was trying to go back to Iraq before he got busted with an Iraqi pistol he’d smuggled back. After the legal dust cleared, he applied to go back to the war, but the Marines decided that he didn’t deserve that opportunity and a few months after that, he became anti-war. So you decide for yourselves if this is sour grapes.
