[Peace-discuss] The 2012 election doesn't matter

[Stuart Levy]

He does, though Paul only merits a pair of parentheses in a paragraph on 
disengagement, which he acknowledges has become more popular:

> These promises fly in the face of the conventional wisdom that frames 
> most of the GOP field as isolationist. True, polls show that the 
> number of Americans who believe Washington "should pay less attention 
> to problems overseas and concentrate on problems at home" has grown in 
> recent years. That has not meant, however, that GOP candidates favor 
> disengaging from the world. (There is, of course, the notable 
> exception of Congressman Ron Paul, who on Saturday night made his 
> familiar argument that America's far-flung overseas operations do more 
> to threaten its security than advance it.)


On 11/18/11 7:58 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
> The article contained not one single mention of Ron Paul, whose 
> foreign policy is
> different from all of the others.  Author mentions that there were 8 
> candidates, and
> he lists all seven of them.
>
>
> On 11/18/2011 1:35 PM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
>> Even the awful US foreign policy establishment has noticed:
>>
>> The 2012 Election and the Republicans' Foreign Policy 
>> <http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136664/james-m-lindsay/the-2012-election-and-the-republicans-foreign-policy>
>> James M. Lindsay <http://www.foreignaffairs.com/author/james-m-lindsay>
>> In the first debate focused on national security issues, GOP 
>> presidential candidates sparred over tactics to end Iran's nuclear 
>> program, fight in Afghanistan, and challenge China. Only, as they 
>> tried to undercut Obama, they repeatedly demonstrated how little, 
>> actually, their worldview differed from his.
>>
>> http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136664/james-m-lindsay/the-2012-election-and-the-republicans-foreign-policy
>>
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