so this is not some johnny come lately position for me. i've had a long history of opposing what i think are failed policies. >> maybe you should tell your colleagues, that you are in the tradition of republican conservatism, noninvolvement in areas that shouldn't involve us. pat, that is the position. >> sure is. >> goldwater, bob taft. generally that's been the position. >> it goes back to washington and jefferson, we say out of quarrels where our interests are not imperilled. we did so all the way up to the war against spain, you could say, in which the united states grew into the greatest country on earth while the europeans were tearing themselves apart. >> let's take a look at a couple questioning congressman, while we have you, it seems to me you heard these stories about the intramurals and obama administration that led to us getting involved in libya.