The War on Terror is a misnomer, because you cannot fight terror. We need to get out of Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, because we are TRAINING militant Muslims how to fight and guess who they are going to fight with all the weapons and training we are giving them!
The U.S. government loves Al-Qaeda which is why the U.S. government funded the forefathers of Al-Qaeda during the Afghan -Russian War, and now funds Al-Qaeda in Libya!
The War on Islamic Terror has been fought and will continue to be fought or else the battle will be occurring here in America.
We must continue to confront the enemy on their own territory. I don't know about funding any militants, as that obviously would be a bad strategy, but to say that America must turn tails and retreat is utter insanity. The enemy will not take it as a sign of good-will, he will take it as a sign of weakness, and turn around and say that he defeated America and use this as further propaganda to recruit members for global jihad.
I cannot believe you buy this Ron Paul anti-American BS line... RP sounded like a blathering idiot when talking about pulling America out of the battles we are currently in.
Maybe if he suggested that we not fund enemy armies I would agree. But certainly we must continue the war against the evil which is breeding in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
PS: I think you are grossly wrong in saying that America loved Al-Queda... It was a strategic decision to support the enemies of USSR which at the time was the Taliban, and we did fund them... But that is one of the prices which are paid by fighting in this manner. The support for the Taliban was not due to loving their religion or motivation, but simply for Americas best interests at the time.