I disagree with you on this one Jeff. What seems to be working all over the world is the people tradeing with us and finding out about us and how we live.
YouTube seems to be having a good effect, too.
Last night at the Campaign Rally with Veterans, Paul said he would only send troops to fight when Congress would declare war. He said the Constitution did not allow the President to declare war. He said he would only ask them for a war against a country that threatens us and has the means to attack us.
I wish you would check it out on C-Span. I like his foreign policy. I'm paraphrasing but last night he said we give $3 billion to Israel every year but we give $12 billion to her avowed enemies that surround her.. Then he asked why do we do that? It doesn't make any sense.
I am voting for him.
Anyone that is interested in what he or Newt have ever said in interviews or on the floor of the House, check out the archieves on C-Span.
Actually the President can in the case of a foreign invader.
He said he would only ask them for a war against a country that threatens us and has the means to attack us.
I'd say 9/11 fit the bill. And you already saw my link that Iraq was linked to Al Quada. Your problem is that you forget recent history. There were pics all over FR of trucks leaving Iraq for Syria because some loudmouth, whose name I can't remember,(Richard Clark?) stated that we were attacking.
Also these statements by Ron Paul are dangerous:
*Wartime brainwashing that Islam is inherently warlike. (Apr 2011)
*We're endangered as a result of our foreign policy. (Apr 2011)
*We manufactured fear about Saddam, Al Qaeda, & Ahmadinejad. (Apr 2011)
He knows NOTHING about Islam and the Qu'ran. AND, he is MUCH too old to be President.
I have met and talked personally with Ron Paul. it’s been about 12 years ago now.
I have great respect for him in the mnonetary and budgetary areas.
However, for example, Bush went to Congress and got Congres to vote on an authorization to use force in Iraq. He got congress’s approval and fulfilled the constitutional muster.
The congress has also recognized that in any situation requiring immediate action, the president can , as the CIC order troops in harms way for very short durations and must receive congressional approval within that time stipulated...or pull them out.
congress also funds all wars and can at anytime, if it is clear that constitutional permission was not granted, defund and end any war.
Ron Paul’s idea that the Isamic Fundamentalists and Jihadists will be fine with nuclear weapons, or trade and worjk with us if we just treat them nice is not only short sighted, it is dangerouly naive. The fact is that thos epeople want us dead or enslaved. Those are the options, and they will lie, cheat, make war, assasinate, etc. in essence, do whatever it takes to achieve those ends and establish Sharia Law over the whole earth.
Those set of people cannot be negotiated with. We have 30 years direct experience with them in modern times...and had to relearn what Black Jack Pershing learned in the Philippines over a hundred years ago.