Posted on 11/11/2014 3:14:22 PM PST by Pyro7480
Veterans Day was initially called Armistice Day to celebrate the end of World War I and recognize the soldiers who died. Today it’s a day in the United States to recognize all veterans in all wars—not just those who died or were wounded or even served in a war at all. It’s designed to heap praise and adulation on all things military. In doing so, in the name of patriotism, it therefore endorses all of our war policies, right or wrong. Every veteran becomes a hero and no questions are to be asked of the wisdom, morality, or constitutionality of our wars of the past 100 years....
Making all veterans heroes and endlessly lavishing great praise on them is designed as a distraction from the consequence of a deeply flawed foreign policy. Constantly we hear veterans being thanked for their services, for protecting our liberties and the constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The wars, especially of the past 70 years, were used to justify undermining our liberties at home while abusing the constitution and significantly contributing to our bankruptcy....
Veterans Day celebrations are not only useless, but detrimental if we do not use them to speak truth to power and make the case for a noninterventionist foreign policy. That is the only road to peace and prosperity for a nation.
(Excerpt) Read more at voicesofliberty.com ...
Ok, now I’m motivated.
so Paul would have done nothing after Pearl Harbor?
How did WW1 cause the Fed Govt to abuse its powers?
Should’ve aimed his criticism more selectively. FDR did abuse his power that does mean our involvement in WW2 was wrong.
FDR did abuse his power that does mean our involvement in WW2 was wrong.
Should be- FDR did abuse his power that does NOT mean our involvement in WW2 was wrong.
Ron Paul continues to be an idiot! Father...Son...Father...Son
Find a life, Ron Paul. If I needed someone to love ... It is TED! Go Away ron paul and prove to US you are Conservative!
Soldiers don’t get to pick their wars. They go where their country sends them.
People in the military follow orders. They don’t make policy, and they don’t debate the moral principles of the wars they are put in. It doesn’t take much sophistication of thought to make moral distinctions between the acts of politicians, and the acts of our troops, but apparently Rand can’t make that distinction — not a good recommendation for a leader.
I agree with you completely. But this pure unadulterated BS motivates an entirely different collage though. As you know, THIS ain't funny in any way.
... it therefore endorses all of our war policies, right or wrong. Every veteran becomes a hero and no questions are to be asked of the wisdom, morality, or constitutionality of our wars of the past 100 years.... 'blameAmericafirstronpaul'
This horses ass, on Veteran's Day, slimes the Vets because he doesn't approve of some 'war policies'. Every veteran IS a hero CrazyRon. Because they say "Yes" to the call to serve, defend and protect the freedom of Americans and our allies. Into the Valley of Death rode the '600'. That DOES make all of them heroes regardless of war 'policy', and particularly whether you agree with it or not.
RonPaul is a useless turd who has defamed America's vets on Veteran's Day. He deserves ridicule even when he doesn't make us laugh.
I will speak truth to power.
Ron and Rand Paul were/are far left liberals in the Republican party only to keep conservatives out of positions of power within it.
That is provably true because Ron did it regularly and Rand supports Mitch openly. As such, people continuing to support Rand Paul are likewise attempting to rid conservatives from the GOP ranks through that support.
That picture angers me...solely because of Jar Jar Binks.
Bookmark. For sending to any positive post that I see on FR for either of the Paul’s (Randy or Ronny). #NoExcuse
Amen.
We all need to bookmark this and shove it down the throats of any/all FR paulinistas come 2016.
Paul is also a traitor. Several of his employees in his “peace foundation” have ties to Pro-Soviet groups in Europe and Russians like Alexander Dugin. I have no doubt that Paul, who also appears heavily on Russian media, is under the control of Russian intelligence.
Were the Paul’s in the white hut when hitler came to power - we’d all be speaking German
I hope I get a chance to see this lily-livered piece of excrement in person one day. He’ll be a little shocked at what an ole great gramma will say to him.
Little puke -
Paul supporters, please wake up. You are being sold an
empty package candidate; he’s not conservative in trust.
Hey Ron—Get stuffed!!
Like that?
It did. For one thing, the government started scrutinizing everyone's communications looking for "the Hun within our gates" (as TR called "him"). For another, the federal government actually nationalized the railroads and ran them. And for a while, it looked as if they were going to stay nationalized even in peacetime.
I'm sure there's a lot more, but that's two off the top of my head.
Ironically, the Official Ron Paul Fan Club (aka the John Birch Society) has always claimed to be the ultimate anti-Communist organization. But of course . . . wars that are perceived to benefit Jews and Israel (whether they actually do or not) are different.
I do recall a while back their quasi-official magazine, The New American, referring to pro-troop Americans as "red state fascists."
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