[Longbow1969]

Dondero writes that Paul does not believe Israel should exist, that the United States should not have gotten involved in World War II, that the government might have known beforehand about the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and that he planned to vote against the war in Afghanistan before changing his mind for political reasons.

Oh, and he thinks that traitor Bradley Manning is a hero.

Paul is a kook.

[RIghtwardHo]

Not much argument here.

[Zhang Fei]

He strenuously does not believe the United States had any business getting involved in fighting Hitler in WWII. He expressed to me countless times, that 'saving the Jews,' was absolutely none of our business. When pressed, he often times [sic] brings up conspiracy theories like FDR knew about the attacks of Pearl Harbor weeks before hand [sic], or that WWII was just 'blowback,' for Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy errors, and such."

While we could arguably have avoided fighting Hitler (300K out of 400K servicemen killed were lost fighting the European Axis powers), it's hard to see how we could have avoided fighting the Japanese. Say Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor in advance and had prepared a welcome committee, devastating the Japanese fleet. How would that have changed the fact that the Japanese committed an act of war using large naval forces against a major American installation? And what should the American reaction have been to the Japanese invasion of the Philippines (then US territory) that followed days later? Meekly surrender American men, equipment and territory to the Japanese?

[John D]

Cut and Run knows how perverted and disruptive gays are. He also wants to destroy America’s military. That is why he wants gays in the military.

[manc]

in the last 2008 he stood there and said we needed to get rid of the CIA, FBI.

The man is a complete loon and it is time for every republican to not let this loon ever run on a republican ticket when clearly he’s not a republican but a libertarian.

Time to run AD’s on this loon and informing the public at how much he is a nut.

[algernonpj]

" ... We pump $40 billion a year into the Japanese economy by providing for essentially all of Japan’s defense. At the same time, Japan out competes us in the market, in effect subsidizing their exports, which then undermines our own domestic steel and auto industries. ..."

"Loyally standing by our ally Israel is in conflict with satisfying the Arab interests that are always represented by big business in each administration. We arm Jordan and Egypt, rescue the PLO (on two occasions), and guarantee that the American taxpayer will be funding both sides of any conflict in the Middle East. ..."

"Our official policy is currently is to be tough on communism, but at the same time promote lower-interests, allowing Red China to buy nuclear technology, F-16s and other military technology – all this by the strongest anti-Communist administration that we’ve had in decades ..."

"We subsidize Red China’s nuclear technology; at the same time, we allow Jane Fonda to ruin ours. ..."

"We continuously sacrifice ourselves to the world by assuming the role of world policeman, which precipitates international rises on a regular basis, all the while neglecting our own defenses. New planes go overseas while our Air National Guard is forced to use planes 20 years old ..."
Ron Paul, Congressional Record, 9/19/84

"Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country."
U.S. President Ronald Reagan

[algernonpj]

Any time I have been able to track down the entire newletter referenced in a Ron Paul smear, the smear has been a dissembling partial truth.

Like him or not Paul, brings to the campaign serious questions that warrant discussion, questions about big government, how US taxpayer money is spent, foreign policy, the role of the Fed...

While my research thus far leads me to believe that Ron Paul is naive regarding the most basic motivation of Jihadis, consider the following:

GW kept reminding us that 'Islam is a religion of 'peace'. Never mentioned that Islam is a total political system and peace is achieved when there is a world wide caliphate under Sharia.

Ultimately Paul's foreign policy would be better for both Israel and Christianity.

While Israel would get no foreign aid, neither would its enemies:
2011 Interview

Newsmax: What should our relationship be with Israel?
Ron Paul: We should be their friend and their trading partner. They are a democracy and we share many values with them. But we should not be their master. We should not dictate where their borders will be nor should we have veto power over their foreign policy.
... Stop and consider America’s policy: We give $3 billion a year to Israel in loans; and we give $12 billion or more in assistance to Israel’s self-declared enemies. Some of these are countries that say they will drive Israel into the sea.
... We should share intelligence for mutually agreed-upon goals. We should honor our pledge to refuse any arms sales that would undermine Israel’s qualitative military edge in the region.

As a result of nation building, promoting 'democracy' in the middle east, and PC immigration:

Iraq's Christians Near Extinction

Per Pamela Geller "US policy regarding the refugee resettlement program would shock most Americans if they only knew. The UN picks who becomes US refugees. Christians are being refused refugee status and face persecution and many times certain death for their religious beliefs under the sharia, while whole Muslim communities are entering the US by the tens of thousands per month despite the fact that they face no religious persecution"

Paul would stop funding the UN and pull us out of all treaties that impinge upon our sovereignty. His proposed budget would shut down entire federal bureaucracies while preserving military pensions. Could shutting don the tax payer funded trough be what has the political elite so p*ssed?

[Old Sarge]

[ElkGroveDan]

he long piece by former aide Eric Dondero alleges awkward treatment by Paul of gays and Jews

I'm no fan of Paul's but having seen the comings and goings of Republican staffers over the years, I'm going to call "closet homo" on this Dondero guy. It's just a guess but it fits a pattern I've seen over and over again.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

RuPaul a nut on foreign policy, who would’ve guessed? All you have to do is Google his TV show appearances, that will tell you everything you need to know about this clown.

[AmericanInTokyo]

A flaming idiot and yet BETTER THAN BARACK OBAMA.

[traviskicks]

Paul is ‘crazy’?

This is crazy:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/28/graphic-mapping-a-superpower-sized-military/

[cmj328]

This article minimizes the problem.

9/11 isn't foreign policy.

Ron Paul's supporters believe that something other than planes piloted by terrorists brought down the World Trade Center.

Ron Paul has never contradicted them.

Why not?

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

It’s really a shame that some of the other candidates don’t pick up his fight against the Fed and his economic policies, because Paul does understand what is happening fiscally better than the others.

And if he runs as a third-party candidate, Obammie the Commie will win.

Why?

Because those of the Austrian school of economics and the Libertarians think this guy is John the Baptist and they worship the ground he walks on. They will definitely vote for him.

Too bad those same voters do not see how incredibly insane his foreign policy is. They truly believe that if we “stop meddling” in the world, we will have no enemies that want to destroy us. They are complete fools in this regard.

[Sola Veritas]

Paul a kook on foreign policy? A self evident fact except to the young, naive, or intelligent.

[this is my country]

I would like to see Ron Paul’s newsletters. I think it will be crystal clear one way or the other if this ex-aide is telling the truth.

[dragnet2]

It’s his foreign policy that’s the problem

Yeah, and look at our foreign polices with foreign neighbors Mexico for instance.

Top shelf diplomacy, runs like a Swiss watch and totally benefits the American citizens!

[the OlLine Rebel]

“Breaking news” has really been dumbed down. Along with “Alert” or “Urgent” e.g. on Fox.

[RedMDer]

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

The thing that kills me about Ron Paul is not that he is really a libertarian rather than a Republican, nor that he is a loon. (Loon is rather a kind term for him, actually, but we’ll leave it at that.) The thing that KILLS me about RP is that so many non-Republicans think he actually represents mainstream Republican thought. He is a loon and they think we all march in lockstep with him! Aargh!