Kevin Patrick for House of Delegates

   Foreign Policy is a delicate issue.  There are plenty of things the US Congress can do to end the military action in Iraq (and Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel, Yemen, etc); things they should be doing and are not doing.  One thing I would support, is bringing back the National Guard troops who are overseas.  Federal control of the States' National Guard has become so prevalent to be almost complete.  This must be reversed. 

The Government must return to Constitutional standards, and the Guard is supposed to be under State control.  Federalization of the Guard is understandable in certain circumstances, but this is not one of them.  We should bring our troops home immediately.  We have no right, moral or otherwise, to be there doing what we are doing.  The States must assert their rights, and bring home their troops.

If we have a Foreign Policy of Freedom, where we respect the sovereign rights of other nations, we will be far better off for it.  "Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideas than through force of arms." (Paul).   Our military globe-trotting is incongruous with our standards of freedom and of Liberty.  Spreading republican and democratic ideals at the end of a gun is about as hypocritical as one can be.

We should take the example of our Founders, and have no entangling alliance, and we should trade and communicate with everyone.  How are we expected to resolve our differences if we do not communicate? 

We should never go to war under the auspices of the UN, NATO, or any other organization.  The USA should march in its own defense, take our marching orders from the Constitution, and never an international governing body.