Posted on 04/13/2015 11:13:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If Ron Paul werent Ron Paul, Id assume this denunciation was just a stunt orchestrated by him and Rand to put some foreign-policy distance between them before the primaries. Are you a mainstream conservative worried that President Rand would be too much like Ron in office? Well, here you go. Let your conscience be eased. The nations most famous isolationist thinks his boys a bit of a warmonger.
But cmon. With the possible exception of his vote for the Afghanistan AUMF in 2001, has Ron Paul ever endorsed a position that he didnt sincerely hold? Of course he thinks the people who signed Tom Cottons letter are warmongers. Hes Ron Paul! Why would he hold his tongue for a reason as petty as his kid desperately needing Rons libertarian fans to turn out for him next February?
I think the Congress has a point whatever you agree to, we want to review it but I strongly disagree with the motivation of that statement made by so many members of Congress, especially in the Senate, Paul said during a speech at a Libertarian conference at the University of Texas at Austin.
We have this constitutional responsibility to review this agreement,' Paul added in a mocking tone. What a joke that is. Thats not reasonable. Theyre out to stop peace. Theyre terrified that peace might break out.
Asked after the speech if his son was among the senators whose motives he was skeptical of, Ron Paul said he was not doing any interviews.
I cant tell what he means there by review. Does he mean review and ratify, or is the great constitutionalist joining Barack Obama in undermining the Senates Article II power over treaties in the interest of brokering a bad but war-avoiding deal with Iran? Also, re-read the Cotton letter (which is just a few paragraphs long) and remind yourself what it said. It wasnt a harangue threatening Iran with war; it was a matter-of-fact statement about the responsibility given to the Senate by the Constitution to approve treaties, reminding Iran that a deal with Obama doesnt necessarily mean a binding deal with the U.S. government. If Obama was pushing for a more bellicose agreement with Iran and a bunch of anti-war senators had floated a statement like that, Paul would have embraced it as a proper assertion of checks and balances aimed at restraining an executive seeking unilateral power over foreign policy. Because its hawks who issued the statement, its a joke. Constitutional orders a fine thing, I guess, so long as its advancing the right causes.
I dont think Rand put Ron up to saying that, as I say. I wonder, though, if hell ask Ron to lay off the criticism. Maybe not. Righties assume that Ron will cause headaches for Rand sporadically throughout the campaign by defending the invasion of Crimea or accusing the feds of having known where Bin Laden was or whatever, but that could cut both ways. The noisier Ron is in knocking Rand for warmongering, the more comfortable some not all, but some otherwise wary conservatives might feel with Rand as commander-in-chief. On the other hand, Rands entire campaign strategy is premised on holding onto most of his dads supporters while bringing more traditional conservatives into the fold. The single worst thing that could happen to him among libertarians, Id imagine, is for the leader of the rEVOLution to start hinting that Rands an unworthy heir, especially on foreign policy. I joke sometimes that its unclear whether Ron will end up endorsing Rand but its really only a half-joke.
Heres Rand last week with Hugh Hewitt, trying to balance his two constituencies by saying hes concerned about Irans trustworthiness while insisting that he favors continuing the negotiations.
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The Iran deal is Kabuki theatre played to fool the world it is stopping the development of nukes. Ron Paul should be smart enough to know this. However, giving his isolationist mindset, he could care less if a terrorist takes one of Sayyid Ali Khamenei’s nukes and sets it off next to America’s Statue of Liberty. Ron Paul could care less if Iran nukes Tel Aviv or London or raises the price of oil up to $150 per barrel. He is living a comfortable life, from his years in the House of Representatives, with a net worth of $4.5 million. He could easily afford a nurse to feed him his oatmeal.
How does allowing a “We will destroy the Zionist state” Iran, promote peace then?
How does allowing a “We will destroy the Zionist state” Iran, promote peace then?
Ron Paul is still around? I was hoping for some peace myself.
The peace of the graveyard.
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