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Entry: The Revolution and the Right Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_revolution_and_the_right#17357 Post contents: One of Dr. Paul's biggest errors, in addition to what Dr. Gottfried has written, was to use the term "non-intervention" to describe traditional US foreign policy (from Washington to Wilson). This term was so vague that it was easy for McCain to tag Paul with the label "isolationist," and then an appeaser. It is impossible to be literally non-interventionist (isolationist) in this interconnected world. Even Senator Taft was not a pure non-interventionist. While I suspect that Dr. Paul is no isolationist either (he believes in protecting US interests when necessary), his message was disturbingly unclear. I would have preferred terms like "anti-imperialist" or "anti-empire" as alternatives. They would have resonated more effectively than his chosen term, and perhaps would have appealed to many leftists and rightists alike out there. Sent at: 2008 05 16