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To: davidosborne
so again, do these folks accurately represent the views of Ron Paul?

No, they don't. The anti-war left (in addition to the anarchist libertarian and right) are trying to use Paul's campaign as a proxy to push their views.

You've got nothing. THIS IS A TOTAL NON-STORY. MoveOn moonbats trying to influence Paul's supporters, which many of them don't agree with MoveOn. Paul opposes the Iraq war on Constitutional and traditional grounds. He doesn't oppose it based on anti-war left grounds.

51 posted on 08/26/2007 11:33:52 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; All

“Paul opposes the Iraq war on Constitutional and traditional grounds. He doesn’t oppose it based on anti-war left grounds.”

Yes, Ron Paul certainly throws the Constitution around as his reason for everything he believes in. We all know that. But he basically ends up in the same place as these leftists when it comes to foreign policy.

I found this Human Events interview interesting and illustrates many aspects of Ron Paul’s foreign policy views.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21840

According to Ron Paul we’re responsible for 9/11 because we installed the Shah.

HE: You’re saying overthrowing Mossadegh in 1953 and putting in the Shah led to the hostage-taking and 9/11?

RP: Absolutely.

HE: In other words, the militant fundamentalist regime took revenge on us for overthrowing the secular left-of-center regime in ’53?

RP: There is always some militant-violent-jihadist looking to rally that faction, but they have to have incentives. The incentive is when we impose our will on them and we get involved in their internal politics. Besides, it contradicts everything the Founders theorized, and there’s no constitutional authority for us to march around the world undermining different governments.


82 posted on 08/26/2007 11:57:33 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Who cares why he’s opposes the war? He’s still a Goddamned traitor and an enemy of the United States and all decent Americans.


652 posted on 08/27/2007 1:44:22 AM PDT by furquhart (Fred Thompson for President)
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