Joe Biden said the GERMANS attacked Pearl Harbor?
Who are WE to dispute what the VeeP says??
Rand is picking some strange battles...he’s his father’s son, after all..
Rand Paul has too many knots in his kite string just like his father.
Joe Biden said the GERMANS attacked Pearl Harbor?
Who are WE to dispute what the VeeP says??
IIRC, the comment was from a speech from several months (maybe 2 years?) ago. Seems that his comment, out of context, is being twisted and headlined now.
Muy El Flako like his dad & his hair needs an oil change. Would have been an America Firster.
Ted Cruz in 2016. Is there really any doubt, now?
No Paul's for me thank you!
Using Rand Paul logic, we should not secure our own borders, otherwise Mexico could retaliate with a cross border invasion....oh, wait...
The US *is* responsible for the Pearl Harbor attack, but for a different reason. There were 9 official inquiries between 1941 and 1946 and a tenth in 1995:
“The inquiries reported incompetence, underestimation, and misapprehension of Japanese capabilities and intentions; problems resulting from excessive secrecy about cryptography; division of responsibility between Army and Navy (and lack of consultation between them); and lack of adequate manpower for intelligence (analysis, collection, processing)”
So we can feel comforted that nothing like this could ever happen nowadays...
“There are times when sanctions have made it worse. I mean, there are times .. leading up to World War II we cut off trade with Japan. That probably caused Japan to react angrily. We also had a blockade on Germany after World War I, which may have encouraged them … some of their anger.” Paul says.
Of course, most people won’t pick up on the nuances that cause someone who is actually familiar with the world that led to war in the pacific to say what he said.
Was it Rand or the liberal reporter that did the story yesterday?
The chain of financial related links leading down to WWII are usually beyond the scope of threshing out on a discussion forum without a lengthy associated reading list, but suffice it to say if they didn’t facilitate the creation of the large military forces on credit, the options of the involved powers would have had a far more limited scope. Their actions associated with WWI are what set the stage for the subsequent conflict 20 years later.
As for us maneuvering the Japanese into taking the first shot, of that I have no doubt, and given the situation overall it was good strategic thinking. My main problem with it is that the government “left a lot on the table” so to speak with respect to having the citizen soldiers in the forward areas prepared to meet the coming storm.
I really like Rand Paul, but engaging a debate of the cause or our involvement in WWII is TERRIBLE politics. Those were different times, and most people aren’t aware of all of the variables in play back then. There’s just simply nothing to be gained on his part by such a discussion or debate. In this political world comprised of 5 second sound bites and 30 second ads, you should ONLY say things that will HELP you.
All the Republicans need is a candidate. Are there any unemployed generals around who managed to keep their pants on? So far Clint Eastwood's empty chair looks like the best bet against Hillary.
A gross distortion of what Rand said... And it is not all that out of line with some historians not of the libertarian stripe
My Dad, who was in Philippines, Leyte Gulf, Battle of Luzon - said he never understood why the US entered the war in Europe. Wouldn’t it have been better to simply let Hitler and Stalin bash each other’s brains out? I still can’t disagree with his position.
Not what he said at all.
Because he is stupid.
How on EARTH anyone calling themselves a Patriot can support the Pauls is absolutely beyond me.
Interesting. Not one word about the Japanese war on China and how
that helped to drive the US policy regarding Japan. As to the Rands,
politicians should confine their public history analysis to the most
basic concepts such as what the Founding Fathers intended. Newt,
whether we like him or not, would be an exception because he is
a professional historian. The Rands read a dubious book authored by
a WWII era isolationist or they just find a way to conform history
to their liking. Either way they look foolish in my book. Too bad.
I generally like Rand.
And since “undocumented immigrants” vote Democrat 8-1 and register overwhelmingly as Democrats (the `Freeby Party’), according to Rand we need to stop talking deportation, and “legalize” and embrace them.
What a maroon. If Rand Paul isn’t a Democrat, he should be.
(See new tagline, created especially for the recent bounty of Demo-liars: Reid, Pelosi, Obama, Biden, et al.)