(RON PAUL, 09/12/2001) Statement on the New York City and Washington, DC Terrorist Attacks

CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL ARCHIVES ^ | 12 SEPTEMBER 2001 | CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Statement on the New York City and Washington, DC Terrorist Attacks

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September 12, 2001

Yesterday, Americans were awakened to find ourselves in a war, attacked by barbarians who targeted innocent civilians. This despicable act reveals how deep-seated is the hatred that has driven this war.

Though many Americans have just become aware of how deeply we are involved in this war, it has been going on for decades. We are obviously seen by the terrorists as an enemy.

In war there is no more reprehensible act than for combatants to slaughter innocent civilian bystanders. This is what happened yesterday.

If there is such a thing, a moral war is one that is only pursued in self-defense. Those who initiate aggression against others for the purpose of occupation or merely to invoke death and destruction are unforgivable and serve only to spread wanton killing.

In our grief, we must remember our responsibilities. The Congress' foremost obligation in a constitutional republic is to preserve freedom and provide for national security. Yesterday our efforts to protect our homeland came up short. Our policies that led to that shortcoming must be reevaluated and changed if found to be deficient.

When we retaliate for this horror we have suffered, we must be certain that only the guilty be punished. More killing of innocent civilians will only serve to flame the fires of war and further jeopardize our security. Congress should consider its constitutional authority to grant letters of marque and reprisal to meet our responsibility.

Demanding domestic security in times of war invites carelessness in preserving civil liberties and the right of privacy. Frequently the people are only too anxious for their freedoms to be sacrificed on the altar of authoritarianism thought to be necessary to remain safe and secure. Nothing would please the terrorists more than if we willingly give up some of our cherished liberties while defending ourselves from their threat.

It is our job to wisely choose our policies and work hard to understand the root causes of the war in which we find ourselves.

We must all pray for peace and ask for God's guidance for our President, our congressional leaders, and all America- and for the wisdom and determination required to resolve this devastating crisis.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

PING

[counterpunch]

Your man Paul will betray us all to the Clintons, just as Ross Perot did in 1992.

[Master Shake]

Unfortunately, he decided the root cause was the United States and not the blood-thirsty death cult.

[George W. Bush]

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[Mr. Jazzy]

“When we retaliate for this horror we have suffered, we must be certain that only the guilty be punished. More killing of innocent civilians will only serve to flame the fires of war and further jeopardize our security.”

Translation:

“All you nasty terrorist types out there, hold up your hands so that we can kill you. Everyone else, please keep your hands at your sides.”

Dr. Paul has some admirable views but they are nullified by his naivete.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Your man Paul will betray us all to the Clintons, just as Ross Perot did in 1992.

(A) Your statement has nothing to do with Paul's eloquent remarks in the aftermath of 9/11.

(B) I've told you a thousand times Paul has no intentions of running as a 3rd party or independent candidate

(C) Since he won't run as a 3rd party or independent candidate, please explain to me how in the HELL he's going to throw the election to Hillary in the PRIMARIES

(D) But...but...wait! Even if Paul does run as a 3rd party or independent candidate, why the sudden concern? Paul's a kook anyway, remember?

Aw, iz de widdle babee skeered dat de meanie old doctor is gonna spwoil de race fwor yur pwecious WINO?

[Master Shake]

Im in ur publican candidatez
Bringin de crayzee

-Ron Paul

[Tears of a Clown]

I found another statement of Paul's about the 9/11 attacks.

[counterpunch]

(C) Since he won't run as a 3rd party or independent candidate, please explain to me how in the HELL he's going to throw the election to Hillary in the PRIMARIES

The explanation is simple: Ron Paul is lying. He is merely using the GOP primary as a springboard for his own independent/Libertarian run in the general election.

D) But...but...wait! Even if Paul does run as a 3rd party or independent candidate, why the sudden concern? Paul's a kook anyway, remember?

Yes, Paul is a kook, but so was Ross Perot. And yet RP handed that election to Clinton then, just as RP will hand this election to Clinton now.

Aw, iz de widdle babee skeered dat de meanie old doctor is gonna spwoil de race fwor yur pwecious WINO?

Ron Paul was the Libertarian Party candidate for President once already. That makes him a Republican In Name Only, quite literally.

Fred D. Thompson, on the other hand is the mainstream consistently conservative candidate.
 

[Ultra Sonic 007]

If there is such a thing, a moral war is one that is only pursued in self-defense. Those who initiate aggression against others for the purpose of occupation or merely to invoke death and destruction are unforgivable and serve only to spread wanton killing.

Apparently, Paul's forgotten these words.

[NapkinUser]

Your man Paul will betray us all to the Clintons, just as Ross Perot did in 1992.

This is a primary, not the general election genius. Also Ron Paul is a multibillionaire who can self-fund himself into millions of votes like Perot.

[NapkinUser]

Also Ron Paul is a multibillionaire who can self-fund himself into millions of votes like Perot.

Correction: Also Ron Paul is NOT a multibillionaire who can self-fund himself into millions of votes like Perot.

[counterpunch]

The nutroots will fund his general election bid.
Plus he’s getting plenty of the most important and expensive resource for a politician for free: publicity.

[Designer]

"Your man Paul will betray us all to the Clintons.."

Then why don't you work hard to get someone else nominated? Work "harder than you've ever worked before" to make sure the Republican nominee is someone you like.

BTW: I have posted here many times that the race is the democrat's to lose, and it's not due to any action by Ron Paul, but rather George W. Bush. You can thank him for the next democrat president, a democrat House, and a democrat Senate. Thank him the next time you talk to him.

[counterpunch]

You don't get it, do you?
Ron Paul won't get anywhere near gaining the GOP nomination.
But he's not running to win.
That's not why he's running in the GOP primary.
He's doing it to build a following for a third party run against our eventual nominee, which will hand the election to the otherwise unelectable Hillary Clinton.
 

[takenoprisoner]

"Thank him the next time you talk to him."

It wouldn't be fair to thank him without thanking his best friends too. The high sultans of the ROP.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Ron Paul is lying. He is merely using the GOP primary as a springboard for his own independent/Libertarian run in the general election.

He fricking told his wife that he WOULDN'T run, damn you! Now are you going to believe wacked-out conspiracy theories or the statement to his wife he's been married to for 50 years??

Yes, Paul is a kook, but so was Ross Perot. And yet RP handed that election to Clinton then, just as RP will hand this election to Clinton now.

And if Paul does run, that's his fault, how? Isn't that the GOP's problem for denigrating him and his supporters? Why is Paul responsible? He doesn't owe the GOP anything.

Ron Paul was the Libertarian Party candidate for President once already. That makes him a Republican In Name Only, quite literally.

So a constitutionalist can't run as a Republican but a POS liberal like Rudy can? What do you think makes up most of the GOP's platform? How is Paul a RINO?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"It’s not guilt by association. He [Ron Paul] himself proudly declares to the FOX viewing audience that he is THE anti-war candidate. He works with and supports the anti-war 9/11 Truther wackos. He actually believes and preaches that crap. He HAS aligned himself with the enemies of Anerica. Hillary, Reid, Schumer, Pelosi, Murtha, CodePinkO, ANSWER, the World Workers party, et al, all march arm in arm against America."

-- Jim Robinson, founder of Free Republic

09/07/2007

'Nuff Said! ;)

[counterpunch]

Man, your naivety makes my head hurt.
You think a politician wouldn’t use his own wife to proliferate a lie to the public?
Have you never heard of Bill and Hillary Clinton?

Rudy won’t be running on any other party’s ticket when he loses in the primaries.
That’s the difference.

Ron Paul is scum, because he is using the forum provided him by the Republican Party to launch a general election campaign against them.

Ron Paul was the Libertarian Party candidate for President in 1988 and he is planning a reprisal of that role on its 20th anniversary. The deals have already been made. The Libertarian Party has been plotting since last election to piggyback on the GOP primary to advance their own candidate.

It was a brilliant scheme and it seems to be working for them better than they had ever imagined.