The Exercise of Vital Powers

I really like the guys at Cato, but this bit of silliness needs rebuttal:

Any country does better defending itself than fighting other people’s wars. Problems arise when invading a foreign country, such as fighting on unfamiliar terrain and dealing with people who speak different languages and have very different values. A foreign country’s actions are hard for the U.S. to predict. Moreover, because
the U.S. is fighting in somebody else’s country, its adversaries know that eventually the troops are going home, and if they hold out long enough, they could prevail.

If a conflict is inevitable - and I’m not saying in any particular case that it is or isn’t - then it is far better for the US to attack people and fight the war on their soil than it is for them to fight it on ours.

The reason the US won both world wars was that the war was fought in Europe - American agriculture and industry were not under direct threat. The North won the civil war because it was mostly fought in the South, and so it was the Confederacy’s infrastructure that was destroyed.

Fighting on unfamiliar terrain, dealing with other languages and unpredictable adversaries is much better than millions of dead American Civilians, a crippled economy and a ravished landscape.

Fight the war Over There

We need a new party. A Party that will build a new world. A world of economic prosperity, not just for Americans, but for all mankind. A world where everyone is allowed to live their life as they see fit. To love who they want to love, live where they want to live, worship who they want to worship. A world where petty power hungry bureaucrats don’t dictate how your money is spent or how your property can be used.

We need a party what will export the American Dream to the rest of the world. Not at the barrel of a gun, but by building that shining city on a hill where anyone who wants to build a better life can go, do so, then return home to build a shining city on their hill. We need a party that encourages investment in the resources of developing nations, whether those resources are natural, intellectual, or an abundant supply of people desperate for real jobs.

We need a party that understands that there is one planet, and that to have world peace, there must be a global economy, and that a global government is a necessary outcome of that process. We need a party that understands that freedom is not an end state, it is a process that must always be managed.

We need a party that understands that all mankind is created equal before the law, but that not all mankind is equal in ability.

Our world has changed since the founding of the United States. We have invented the steamship, railroad, automobile and airplane. We have been to the moon, and returned home safely. We have invented the telegraph, radio, and the internet. We have split the atom and cured smallpox. We need a party that understands these changes.

We need a party that will look to the horizon and see the line of ancestors behind us saying, ‘Make my life have meaning.’ And to our children before us saying, ‘Create the world we will live in.’”

So anyone who follows Ga politics knows Ralph Reed (former head of the Christian Coalition) is running for Lt. Gov under the GOP banner. The Democratic incumbent is going to make a bid for the Democratic nomination for Governor so the general election is wide open. With Georgia’s conversion to red statedom all but complete if Reed wins the primary I think he will will the general too.

That thought scares me. It puts him in line for the Governorship and possibly the Presidency.

The LP was talking about running Allen Buckley for that slot as a spoiler to toss the race to the Dems. When I was an LP member I was never a big fan of the spoiler tactic. First it was acknowledgment of the lesser of two evils reality. Second I always thought it was a cop-out for not being able to get someone elected.

Well I learn from my State Senator that there is someone else in the running for the GOP nomination for Lt. Governor: Casey Cagle

Ralphy has a pretty big war chest from Washington politicos and from his contacts he made with the Christian Coalition. Casey has his work cut out for him.

He also has gotten my first donation for the ‘06 election cycle.