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RON PAUL to DFU on Iowa radio - he would not stop ship with nuclear missiles from N. Korea to Iran
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| dfu
Posted on 01/03/2008 9:15:39 AM PST by doug from upland
For those who have doubts that Ron Paul would be an acceptable commander in chief, your doubts would have been absolutely confirmed if you listened to him this morning on WHO 1040 talk radio in Des Moines, Iowa.
He came on Jan Mickelson's show at about 8:50am, Pacific Time. I was the second caller.
After complimenting him on his commitment to the Constitution, I asked a question about foreign policy. If any of you can pull the podcast, you can hear the conversation.
The question went something like this: Dr. Paul, if a shipment of nuclear tipped missiles was heading from North Korea to Iran, knowing the position of Ahmadinejad and the mullahs, would you stop that ship or sink it?
His answer was stunning. He very quickly answwered, "No, why would we do that?" After that question back to me, he commented that there was almost zero chance of that happening. He said that if he knew they planned to use them against us, he would take action. But they know they would be obliterated.
I wanted to challenge him further over Iran's stated goal of destroying Israel, but I was apparently cut off by the host and couldn't do it.
There you go, folks. Dr. Paul is an unthinkable commander in chief.
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To: doug from upland
Great work DFU
Ron Paul has already stated that America only needs one Submarine with nukes as a defense and deterent.
Therefore, the US military would face a fate worse than Carter and Clinton combined. When the US military is weakened, we all know what happens next.
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:31:51 AM PST
by
lormand
(Ron Paul 08' - Just another internet fad)
To: doug from upland
After complimenting him on his commitment to the Constitution, I asked a question about foreign policy. With a desperate and honest desire to avoid the unavoidable emotional baggage on the subject: what is the Constitutional grounds for a President doing exactly that (stopping a nuke shipment from NK to Iran)?
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:32:11 AM PST
by
ctdonath2
(This country was founded on the combination of guns and booze. Founding Fathers, armed, met in bars.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; doug from upland
What did Bush do when NK test-fired nuclear weapons? Or when Iranian troops crossed into Iraq and supplied the insurgents with IEDs? So you are saying Bush is the standard we should strive to achieve to?
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:32:11 AM PST
by
mnehring
To: doug from upland
I was not surprised by the answer and was pleased to be able to show him for what he is. Like I said, a game of "gotcha." You probably broke the speed limit rushing to post the thread.
You know that such a scenario is highly unlikely to happen, and if Paul would've gave an answer that was more of your liking, this story would be moot.
To: DugwayDuke
I like your tagline. ;-)
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:33:18 AM PST
by
DejaJude
To: All; Extremely Extreme Extremist
"Enjoy Paul's victory today in Iowa." Which reminds me folks,
Don't Do Crack
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:33:30 AM PST
by
lormand
(Ron Paul 08' - Just another internet fad)
To: ctdonath2; doug from upland
what is the Constitutional grounds for a President doing exactly that (stopping a nuke shipment from NK to Iran)? Article 1, Section 8, Subsection 10- Congress is authorized to define and punish offenses against the laws of nations. The Constitution also puts a lot of emphasis on honoring treaties and we are cosigners of the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty.
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:33:49 AM PST
by
mnehring
To: DugwayDuke
Ron Paul is a non-interventionalist. And just an old fashioned pansy-a$$ coward.
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:34:05 AM PST
by
chesty_puller
(70-73 USMC VietNam 75-79 US Army Wash DC....VietNam was safer.)
To: doug from upland
His answer was stunning. He very quickly answwered, "No, why would we do that?" After that question back to me, he commented that there was almost zero chance of that happening. He said that if he knew they planned to use them against us, he would take action. But they know they would be obliterated.
As someone who works in and for the government, now for over 30 years, I'm telling you Paul is completely out of touch with reality. They, being Korea and Iran, ALREADY KNOW we would obliterate them... ASSUMING we have someone with the testicular fortitude in office to actually take some action.
That person is NOT Ron Paul.
The Koreans, Iranians (and most ME countries), as well as Russian and China want to see the United States completely dismantled and destroyed. They don't want to do it VIOLENTLY yet, but that time is COMING sooner than people think.
If Ron Paul thinks it won't be in his life time, he might be right if he is sitting in the White House on the day it is vaporized by Chinese made missiles and nuclear weapons from the Middle East.
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:34:27 AM PST
by
Rick.Donaldson
(http://www.transasianaxis.com - Visit for lastest on DPRK/Russia/China/Etc --Fred Thompson for Prez.)
To: doug from upland
Ted Kennedy would have boarded it and joined them for happy hour. But Teddy is never ronery enough to swim out to the boat...
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:35:12 AM PST
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: mnehrling
So you are saying Bush is the standard we should strive to achieve to? In case you noticed, Bush didn't do anything about NK test-firing nukes or Iranians crossing into Iraq. Nor did he do anything when the Chinese shot down our spy plane early in his administration, other than wrote a long-winded apology.
But you got your desired results. You've awoken the Pavlov dogs here, who'll commence with one-liners, smears, and photo-shopped pictures of Paul shortly.
To: doug from upland
I hear that insane argument alllll the time...”they know we will obliterate them”.
Earth to Ru Paul...these people are genocidal homicidal SUICIDAL sociopathic maniacs! That you don’t get that by now can only mean you’re absolutely never EVER going to get it!
If they’re willing to die to take out a handful of people on buses or cafes, imagine their reward with 72 virgins if they detonated a dirty bomb and killed tens of thousands?
Ru Paul is a clown.
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:36:52 AM PST
by
tpanther
To: CatoRenasci; doug from upland
Clinton would do nothing, unless there were some hot NK chicks aboard, and a box of Cubans.
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:37:22 AM PST
by
lormand
(Ron Paul 08' - Just another internet fad)
To: mnehrling
My bad mnerhling, that should have went to Doug
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
No, I didn’t break a speed record. I made some coffee first and then fed George and Kramer.
9-11 was also unlikely to happen. We need to know if a president is prepared for JOB 1 - defending this nation. It is not a question of an answer not being to my liking.
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:38:09 AM PST
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: doug from upland
Great job Doug! Ron Paul is a disgrace. This just proves it once again.
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:39:45 AM PST
by
jrooney
(Ron Paul called Reagan a Dramatic Failure and thinks he is smarter than Abe Lincoln.)
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:39:59 AM PST
by
lormand
(Ron Paul 08' - Just another internet fad)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Enjoy Paul's victory today in Iowa. LOL! Calm down, relax, have another glass of Kool aid.
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:40:08 AM PST
by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
To: lormand
,,,,US military would face a fate worse than Carter and Clinton combined. When the US military is weakened, we all know what happens next.
Agreed.
Ron Paul made a STUPID statement on Iowa radio.
What a DUMB A** !
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posted on
01/03/2008 9:40:21 AM PST
by
TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
To: doug from upland
We need to know if a president is prepared for JOB 1 - defending this nation. Paul supports a strong national defense, unrealistic foreign policy scenarios condensed into 10-second gotcha questions for the amusement of his detractors aside.
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