People here are aware of Ron Paul. Whether they’re right or not is another question. Many here would like Ron Paul a lot more except for his foreign policy. Personally, I like him.
I’m the same way. I have to keep explaining to ppl I HATE his foreign policy but I LOVE his emphasis on the Constitution and ending gov. control of the Free Market and ending the FED that took away the Free Market for good.
People around these parts attack Ron Paul for his stance on foreign policy, but the truth is that he's just the messenger telling it straight. It's an economic reality that the United States cannot sustain the type of military operations overseas that we have been engaged in for decades. It's a hard truth for some to face, but that's the reality of it. We don't have the money and resources to do it, and it's bleeding the country's treasury to death. Eventually we won't be able to afford the military operations anymore and then we will be forced to cut military funding whether we want to or not, and that could lead to chaos in the military if it is done suddenly.
Furthermore, our borrowing to fight the current wars is putting national security in jeopardy. The US has to develop a new foreign policy and military strategy that is more financially feasible if the US is to remain a viable presence on the international stage. That may mean we have to have a more modest foreign policy until the US is on better financial footing. I hope US policymakers are thinking about how to arrange that without allowing the US' competitors to go completely unchecked.