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Ron Paul thought we ought to use Letters of Marque and Reprisal against Osama bin Laden because that's the "only remedy available in the Constitution." I guess Thomas Jefferson would be surprised at that, since he used force against the Barbary Pirates.
Anyway, Paul was a nice eccentric old guy who had the same following as did "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
Odd thing about Jefferson's use of force against the Barbary Pirates. With communications what they were, the commander of the US Naval detachment used his own judgement in that attack--and it was a Naval detachment. Not privateers, nor a letter of Marque or Reprisal. For the most part, Jefferson's navy was the equivalent of the littoral combat ship, coastal gunboats to defend harbors.
Ron Paul was right in one sense. We could have used contractors operating under authorization as provided for in the Constitution to find and eliminate Osama. It is generally accepted that the private sector can run rings around the government in other areas, and there are a lot of well qualified (tier 1) personnel out there who are no longer on active duty who would have been capable, even if their infiltration/exfiltration methods were not as high tech.
Now, that Red State Piece is a hit piece, listen instead to an outline of the origin of the petrodollar, the current US/Saudi relationship economically, and the call for the release of the 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 commission report
http://www.castlereport.us/twenty-eight-pages/This isn't the sort of missile/bomb/intentional demolition "trooferism", but a call to account for why the unreleased pages were unreleased and their contents. We know: The hijackers were Saudis, not Iraquis, not Afghanis, not even Iranians, but Saudis. We know there are economic arrangements which ensure the dollar is the reserve currency, AKA the "petrodollar", THE means of purchasing oil in the world. All other currencies must be converted to US Dollars before buying oil, and that reserve currency status is what keeps the dollar afloat. There is no gold nor other standard which does so. It also allows for the existence of vast quantities of dollars in the global economy that could simply not be backed by gold or silver without serious devaluation of those dollars relative to today's market value.
Did the Saudis get a pass for an act of war (sanctioned or otherwise)? We continue to provide for their military security despite Osama Bin Laden being related to the royal family.
Listen to the podcast, please.
Before you accept the writings of Harrington or others who have gone into attack mode on the Constitution Party, consider if those doing the attacking are Libertarians, they are, from a political standpoint trying to hang on to the number three position and grow their party with Republican malcontents who feel they have no other place to go.
A preemptive strike against Castle or the Constitution Party will help them maintain their relevance albeit small in the current overall picture, still nearly large enough to get into national debates.
IF voters who have been disgusted at the liberal morphing of the GOP find that there is a Party which actually supports original intent and the Constitution, they are more likely to head in that direction rather in the direction of open borders, working illegals and pot for everyone. While the latter may well snag some disaffected Bernie supporters, it is not identical to the Constitution Party stance of letting the several states decide, nor, for that matter of returning power to the States.
I have little doubt that there are those in the GOPe who would just as soon have any attempt by voters to find a philosophical home in a third party be a dissatisfying event. After all, the philosophy with the GOPe has seemed to be thumbing their noses at Conservatives because conservatives have 'no place else to go'.
Well, just maybe we do. We might not like the paint scheme, the landscaping, or other minor details, but there is no faulting the structure, a platform based on original intent.
YMMV, but please take the time to consider there are those who have much to gain if the Constitution Party is marginalized early on. Kindly look at more than just one writer. Even those we have or may have seen as trusted sources in the past have had the curtain pulled aside this year. Many have gone completely off the rails, and former icons of conservative media have fallen and will fall from those positions of esteem of their own volition through misleading and outright prevaricate accounts of the positions and actions of candidates other than those they support.
We need to examine every article like the MSM wrote it, even from sources we may have considered Conservative in the past. Some writers will prove to be honest and forthright, others will fail those standards.
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