Sen. Pat Roberts Surrenders in Contest for "Craziest Republican"
LA Times | The Coming Schism in the GOP?
"We need to restrain what are growing U.S. messianic instincts, a sort of global social engineering where the United States feels it is both entitled and obligated to promote democracy, by force if necessary," Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the conservative chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a speech. "Liberty cannot be laid down like so much Astroturf. Law and order must come first.
Nice to see my (our) arguements circulated through the Senate. About a year and a half after they would have been helpful, true. But nice nonetheless.
EDIT:
Let's also hear from:
- Former Gen. Anthony Zinni:
- Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)
- Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)