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I'm A Conservative Republican. I Have Been Since I Was 15 Years Old And Participated In The 'goldwater For President' Campaign In 1964.

I'm Not Saying That You Need A State Department That Looks Like The Litigation Department Of A Major Law Firm. But You Need People Who Are Not Afraid To Make The Case For The United States, Who Are Not Afraid To Stand Their Ground, Not Afraid To Be Isolated In International Organizations When That's The Correct Approach For Our Diplomacy. This Is A Cultural Change That Has To Be Effected Through Incentive Systems, Promotion Systems, Career Training Systems. This Is Not Something That You Can Do With The Stroke Of A Magic Wand, It's Going To Take Years To Make This Change.

The European Arguments Against The Iran-libya Sanctions Act Demonstrate That "some Europeans Have Never Lost Faith In Appeasement As A Way Of Life. It Is Clear That Iran Is Cynically Manipulating Gullible (or Equally Cynical) Europeans To Advance Its Development Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

The Republican Party Is The Party Of National Security. There's Hardly A National Security Wing Of The Democratic Party Anymore. So If We Turn Away From It, That'll Be A Big Problem.

Politicians, Like Generals, Have A Tendency To Fight The Last War.