Thank you for the excellent post and lucid explanation of your position.
I voted for Reagan as well and believe it or not I was a registered Republican until midway through George Bush Sr.’s term. The current “Republican” party is so far away from the ideals that Ronald Reagan espoused he must indeed be spinning in his grave.
I am a fiscal conservative I believe in less governemt interference in our lives. I dont believe in an ever growing beaurocracy that attempts to force us to conform to a minority fundamentalist standard of morality.
I doubt our founding fathers or the settlers who made the journey here from around the world wanted LESS freedom. Unfortunately, through a campaign of fear politics and messages, we are seeing our individual freedoms continually eroded by the current “Republican” party. That’s not conservatism it’s facism.
I am a firm believer in a strong America and a strong Defense. I proudly served in the US Army, my father served in the US Navy and saw action in both WWII and Korea. I want our troops to have the best technology and tools they need and I am strongly committed to their support and care in case of injury while serving our country.
What I am NOT in favor of is placing our troops in harms way to further the financial goals of individuals who never served. If we TRULY value our troops we use them when needed, when all diplomatic avenues have been exhausted, to vigourously defend our country.
A true conservative would never invent a charade war where we invade a soverign nation and basically destroy it under completely false premises.
The American people and the world was tacitly lied to to further a private agenda in Iraq and we have over 3600 troops dead and more then 10,000 permantly disabled for a fraudulent war. Thats not conservatism that’s treason.
There was never ANY connection established between Iraq and 911 but most Americans DONT know that because of the continual lies which spring forth from the current Administration and their remaining “Republican” cronies in the Congress.
The fact is this, and its well known to anyone who cares to take the time to investigates, Saudi Arabian Nationals and Royal Family members FINANCED 911.
There were 17 Saudis involved in the actual hijackings, NOT 1 Iraqi. There was no hotbed of terrorism in Iraq until we created a great training ground for existing terrorists in foreign countries to travel to to hone their skills.
This is a catastrophe that will haunt us for decades to come.
As a fiscal conservative I want to see my taxes spent wisely. I am not keen on dumping $300 billion a year into Iraq with no end in sight. A real conservative would agree. Those funds could be much better spent at home here in the states for our people.
I could go on and on as to why the current “Republican” party are no longer conseratives in the traditional sense and are mere puppets of special interest groups and minority fanatics, but it’s clearly visible to anyone who opens their eyes to see.