Shouldn't national security be a liberal issue? Liberals, I thought, favor a strong national government whereas conservatives favor a less centralized national government and more states' rights.
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The recent track record shows otherwise, I think, which is in keeping with the observation some have made that Dubya is more liberal than JFK was, showing a shift or flip in the liberal/conservative polarity. At a point prior to 9/11/2001, Democrats had started most of the U.S. involvement in wars, so I read. It took Nixon, however, to extract troops from Vietnam. With Iraq, Dubya got us in and the Dems are trying to get us out. Bassackwards?
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Historically speaking, this isn't accurate. The southern democrats previously supported segregation and used states' rights as an argument against ending segregation. The republicans supported a stronger central government in order to eliminate segregation. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that it was the republican party that favored a national department of education also. It seems to me that currently, both parties favor a strong centralized government on one issue or another. There are probably only a handful of republicans (such as Ron Paul) who favor a less centralized government.
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CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
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