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In the strictest sense, our young friend is correct. Unfortunately, those three basic duties of government, as specified in the Constitution, are not nearly as simple as they were 200 years ago when originally penned.
So you believe the Constitution is a LIVING document?
Did I say, or even imply that? No, it's not a living document, but throw that out there if you want. It is, however, ignorant to fail to recognize that the world has changed (evolved or devolved, that's open for discussion) significantly in the last two centuries. We don't have to adapt the Constitution or what it stands for, but we have no choice but to adapt the manner in which we enforce it and live by its requirements. Non-interventionism, or isolationism, is not, despite your desire to the contrary, a valid strategy in today's world. You ignore that at your peril.
Do we need to promote peace and freedom everywhere? No. If they don't mess with us, we shouldn't mess with them; on that we agree. However, we do need to bomb our attackers back to the stone age, and I'd rather see that happen in their back yard than in mine. And yeah, before you go there, I think we should pre-emptively strike a potential aggressor if we have reason to believe they are going to attack us or our interests, just like I believe Israel should bomb Iran back to the stone age for threatening them with a nuke attack. But hey that's just me.
I'll draw an analogy for you - You come into my house, punch my kid in the face, then threaten to keep it up, I'm gonna put a bullet in your head. It's that simple - and that's how I perceive the terrorist threat. Islamic extremist terrorists came into our house, killed 3,000 Americans, and have vowed to continue waging war against us and our way of life. (Not to mention countless other attacks that have gone basically unanswered.) For that, they should get my metaphorical bullet in the head. I see it this way jwp, it's us or them. I think it should be us, you seem to think it should be them. I say tomato you say surrender, whatever.