Gen X Libertarian

    Let me start by saying, I’m not “qualified” to propose foreign policy.  I’m nobody “important.”  I’m just a regular guy.  I happen to align with the Libertarian Party.  I often find myself having an exchange of ideas with both Republicans and Democrats and I am often asked, “Well, what would Libertarians do about Syria?”  It’s a valid question.  The knee-jerk reaction is that we would “get out.”  Libertarians do not believe in Regime Change or needless foreign intervention.  Those are usually rebutted with “We have to destroy ISIS or else they’re going to get us” or “We’re already in it! Now what do we do?”     These are good questions that deserve answers.  These are questions, honestly, that have not been answered by Republicans or Democrats either.  No one, it seems, has proposed any clear path to “victory” or extraction or peace or whatever.  I’ve not heard anything from any side that is an actual plan....

The first generation to do worse than its parents? Please. Been there. Generation X was told that so many times that it can't even read those words without hearing Winona Ryder's voice in its heads. Or maybe it's Ethan Hawke's. Possibly Bridget Fonda's. Generation X is getting older, and can't remember those movies so well anymore. In retrospect, maybe they weren't very good to begin with. But Generation X is tired of your sense of entitlement. Generation X also graduated during a recession. It had even shittier jobs, and actually had to pay for its own music. (At least, when music mattered most to it.) Generation X is used to being fucked over. It lost its meager savings in the dot-com bust. Then came George Bush, and 9/11, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Generation X bore the brunt of all that. And then came the housing crisis. Generation X wasn't surprised. Generation X kind of expected it. Generation X is a journeyman. It didn't inven...