Posted on 01/03/2008 9:15:39 AM PST by doug from upland
For those who have doubts that Ron Paul would be an acceptable commander in chief, your doubts would have been absolutely confirmed if you listened to him this morning on WHO 1040 talk radio in Des Moines, Iowa.
He came on Jan Mickelson's show at about 8:50am, Pacific Time. I was the second caller.
After complimenting him on his commitment to the Constitution, I asked a question about foreign policy. If any of you can pull the podcast, you can hear the conversation.
The question went something like this: Dr. Paul, if a shipment of nuclear tipped missiles was heading from North Korea to Iran, knowing the position of Ahmadinejad and the mullahs, would you stop that ship or sink it?
His answer was stunning. He very quickly answwered, "No, why would we do that?" After that question back to me, he commented that there was almost zero chance of that happening. He said that if he knew they planned to use them against us, he would take action. But they know they would be obliterated.
I wanted to challenge him further over Iran's stated goal of destroying Israel, but I was apparently cut off by the host and couldn't do it.
There you go, folks. Dr. Paul is an unthinkable commander in chief.
[jaw hits floor!]
bump.
I wish the host would have given me more time to engage him. I was not surprised by the answer and was pleased to be able to show him for what he is. Ahmadinejad would probably pick him as our leader even over Kucinich.
That is just scary as hell DFU. Great question to bring some sunlight on his foreign policy thinking, thanks for doing it.
Too bad. I wonder what his answer would be if Iran had used those missiles to destroy Israel. Would he retaliate then? Or would he only act if they targeted us?
I would presume he wouldn’t. After all, Cuban hadn’t attacked us yet. He also didn’t want Reagan to put Pershing IIs in Europe.
As one smart FReeper has as his tagline:
“Ron Paul put the cuckoo in cocopuffs”
ping
Kudos to you calling his show and getting through.
Ronald Reagan and John Kennedy would have boarded and seized the ship or sunk it. Ted Kennedy would have boarded it and joined them for happy hour.
There is no question that Paul is completely unqualified to be President.
“Too bad. I wonder what his answer would be if Iran had used those missiles to destroy Israel. Would he retaliate then? Or would he only act if they targeted us?”
Ron Paul is a “non-interventionalist”.
What did Bush do when NK test-fired nuclear weapons? Or when Iranian troops crossed into Iraq and supplied the insurgents with IEDs?
Doug, your game of "gotcha" ain't going nowhere. Enjoy Paul's victory today in Iowa.
Doug, we all assumed that Ron Paul was an unqualified nitwit with respect to foreign policy. Thanks for confirming what we instinctively knew.
I wish they would have let me ask it, but I think we know the answer.
” I wonder what his answer would be if Iran had used those missiles to destroy Israel. “
Hands folded; “They didn’t hit us. It’s none of our business.” It’s absolutely consistent with everything I’ve seen about Ron Paul. He’s still living in that Special Wonderland of Isolationism that only childish magical thinking can sustain. It’s grossly irresponsible.
Good job, Doug. Campaigns are for finding out where candidates really stand. Now a lot more people know.
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