Rational Nation USA

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism As an independent conservative the Editor in Chief of Rational Nation USA believes it is past time to revisit the origins of the "anti war" movement in America. As we move forward keep in mind it was the Conservatives of prior era's that were the true anti war advocates.  During the Vietnam War era of American history the progressives, recognizing the American public sentiment against the Vietnam war, belatedly jumped on board. Every since the 1960s the progressives have, disingenuously , been claiming the anti war mantra as their own. To be a true conservative today, which put another way is to say a classical liberal in the vein of our founding fathers, is to be opposed to interventionist foreign policy. And make now mistake, the incursion into Libyan's domestic affairs is exactly an act of interventionist policy that our founding fathe...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism The Muslim Brotherhood Once again the Obama administration shows it's almost unique ability to equivocate and ignore the fact of reality. In the desire to find "brotherly love" with the Muslim Brotherhood as well as other known extreme Islamic and Jihadists around the world we get this from "Der Leader's" administration. As reported   POLITICO . During a House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called Egypt's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood movement "largely secular." Really. How so, please provide the evidence of this statements veracity. In response to questioning from Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) about the threat posed by the group, Clapper suggested that the Egyptian part of the Brotherhood is not particularly extreme and that the broader international movement is hard to generalize about. Do tell. Prec...