As one who is opposed to centralization, I am wary of attempts to turn a grassroots movement against big government like the Tea Party into an adjunct of the Republican Party. I find it even more worrisome when I see those who willingly participated in the most egregious excesses of the most recent Republican Congress push their way into leadership roles of this movement without batting an eye -- or changing their policies!
As many frustrated Americans who have joined the Tea Party realize, we cannot stand against big government at home while supporting it abroad. We cannot talk about fiscal responsibility while spending trillions on occupying and bullying the rest of the world. We cannot talk about the budget deficit and spiraling domestic spending without looking at the costs of maintaining an American empire of more than 700 military bases in more than 120 foreign countries. We cannot pat ourselves on the back for cutting a few thousand dollars from a nature preserve or an inner-city swimming pool at home while turning a blind eye to a Pentagon budget that nearly equals those of the rest of the world combined.
A Tea Party Foreign Policy - By Ron Paul | Foreign Policy
Of course, this isn't the official take of the Tea Party on foreign policy, but it would be if they were really interested in limiting government.
The tea party movement is not a political party. It is a movement that is gaining power to get the message out about
what is really happening in this nation, and what needs to be done.
They don't have a foreign policy. They don't have a leader. They don't have any political policy. They are just Americans who are tired of the way things are going, and who want to change the trends.
