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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald: Democratic Party priorities [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)He seems to be saying (though the writing is so manic it's sometimes hard to tell) that Paul deserves to be "heard" on issues of war and "imperialism." (As if those are the only issues, but I digress.) But that's kind of like saying Pat Buchanan deserves to be heard on these issues: both Buchanan and Paul come to this position from the belief that the government must be shrunken down to the size of a peanut and do practically nothing. This leads to their isolationist position on everything from war to foreign aid (and their concomitant wish to completely nuke any and all domestic programs, such as SS and Medicare). We're back to square one on Greenwald's position regarding Paul: it's misguided and wrong.
Paul's is NOT an antiwar, anti-imperialist vision that any liberal or progressive should endorse. Ends don't justify means, and the means are really, really mean here.