Round 1: The Conservative Blogger Debate- The War On Terror
(March 2, 2009 - Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images AsiaPac)
I told you yesterday that I would post for you today a debate between and among Right-wing bloggers over the issue of the ‘Global War on Terror.” Round One focuses on the “nation-building” aspect of this “war” that has played a central role in many of the conversations surrounding this matter. Russ at That’s Right and The Classic Liberal took up the effort in question-answer-response-rebuttal format. Here is the question for round one….
One of the conservative arguments against the current prosecution on the war on terrorism is the fact that, as conservatives, we should not be involved in nation building In Iraq and Afghanistan. Please explain you position with respect to the fact that after our post WWII reconstruction efforts , Germany and Japan have become our 4th and 5th largest trading partners. The exchange of goods accounts for 10.6% of all of the United States foreign trade.To put this in perspective, China accounts for 12.0% of all U.S. foreign trade (2008 numbers).
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