to the conclusion that voting for candidates outside the republicans is somehow suspect if not unpatriotic or subversive. we in the two approaches to problems. we need more issues put before the american voters and widen the range of political debate that is why a teach what these third parties have done. third parties have traditionally challenged the status quo and they have led to changes and new ideas. throughout nation's history before the civil war, we had dozens of different parties. just with interesting names names, anti-masons, and no net things, a bull moose and the conservative party a libertarians, the reform party and so on and so forth. many parties had good ideas some opposed slavery and others had ideas that were not so good like the prohibition party and you can imagine what's in their agenda was. early in the nation's history had rough and tumble politics and a very high rate of turn out in the election. what happened? elections and virtually all political discourse is dominated by the democrats and republicans. being a libertarian, one of the first things i do let's go

our action there six months ago and called for this kind of change -- [ booinb] i was told it was unpatriotic to do so. our approach to the mission in afghanistan has always been simple. we should do it properly or not do it at all. does the prime minister agree with me that success is not just about troop numbers, and of focusing on numbers is putting the cart before the horse? there is no point in sending a single extra soldier unless first the strategy needed to succeed is in place. so why is the prime minister making any announcement at all about troop numbers today when we will not know until president obama's announcement tomorrow with the new strategy is and what chance it has of success? i have criticized the brister in the past for failing to speak out in support of our troops in the mission. has he not now swung a little too far in the opposite direction? seeking to make an announcement before we know whether things are in place? we know from previous successful peace-keeping missions such as in the balkans that you cannot succeed unless you have the support from all the regional po