Re: Lame Duck to Turkey: Stop cooking my goose!

Thanks so much for your contribution, Mr. Legan!

Yes, successive UK governments and their supporters must also bear their share of responsibility in the current mid-East mess, and fortunately British troop levels are being reduced. Unfortunately, most people here will forget to ask UK government to stop paying private "security contractors" in Iraq and Afghanistan, and meanwhile the libertarian movement here is far less influential than in the US. This is partly because it's growing from a very low baseline. Consequently, the easiest way for UK libertarians to raise our profile is to back it all we can in the US - and wait for some "blowforward" as it were.

Ron Paul is indeed a world wide phenomenon, but that's partly because he's not only promising to save US taxpayers serious money by closing US bases - it's because, in so doing, he's promising over 130 countries freedom from US military pressure and interference. What's not to like?

Wishing you and yours all the very best in our joint quest for freedom,

Houseman