Who is more of a threat to our country?
Billiam the Youtube Snowman
Or
Al Qaeda Terrorists?
or how about a
Posted on 08/08/2007 1:30:04 PM PDT by CJ Wolf
Ron Paul was right during the Des Moines Republican debate when he said that our going into Iraq had nothing to do with al-Qaeda. And Mitt Romney was wrong when he interrupted him.
At the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 5, Congressman Ron Paul made clear that our going to war against Iraq had nothing to do with going after al-Qaeda, the terrorist group that attacked us on 9/11.
"The neoconservatives promoted this war many, many years before it was started," Paul said during the debate. "It had nothing to do with al-Qaeda. There was no al-Qaeda in Iraq." As Ron Paul elaborated on how wrong the neocons have been, Governor Romney, apparently attempting to telegraph his disgust with the congressman’s remarks, snidely said to the audience, "Has he forgotten about 9/11?" as he gestured with his hands. A couple seconds later, Romney again rudely interrupted — "Have you forgotten about..." — as Paul continued using the time allotted to him.
Later in the debate, Paul revisited the subject of al-Qaeda. "I supported going after the al-Qaeda into Afghanistan," he said, "but, lo and behold, the neocons took over. They forgot about Osama bin Laden. And what they did, they went into nation- building, not only in Afghanistan, they went unjustifiably over into Iraq. And that’s why we’re in this mess today."
Put simply, Ron Paul does not believe we went into Iraq because of 9/11. But Mitt Romney obviously believes we did. So who’s right?
It is true that President Bush and other neocons in his administration have repeatedly juxtaposed references to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq to those of 9/11 in their public statements. In so doing, they have created the impression among many Americans — apparently including Romney — that Saddam Hussein had attacked us on 9/11. But the administration did not explicitly say this and did not even present evidence supporting this allegation. As President Bush himself said on September 17, 2003: "We’ve had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th [attacks]."
The administration did portray an al-Qaeda/Iraq connection as a concrete fact. Yet in a January 8, 2004 press conference, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell acknowledged: "There is not — you know, I have not seen smoking-gun, concrete evidence about the connection, but I think the possibility of such connections did exist and it was prudent to consider them at the time that we did." In truth, the evidence simply was not there.
By interrupting Congressman Paul with his "Has he forgotten about 9/11?" protestation, Governor Romney not only made himself appear less than presidential, he also confirmed that, where Iraq is concerned, he does not know what he’s talking about.
EEE, we "did not give" 20 billions dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia we are selling it to them and they are paying for it.
Wait, you forgot ur sarcasm tag. :p
If this is true, then I ain't posting on no more Paul threads then.
Jim, talk to me man. Is another purge coming?
If you pay close attention to what the Russians are saying and doing now, the enemy they have in mind is us ... that’s right, the U.S.A.
The only Paul supporters I've seen banned were a couple that signed up in the past few weeks and were 9/11 Truthers saying Bush was behind 9/11.. the old school Paul supporters are still around..
You do not think comments like “You guys going to get a room or what?” go over well? What are you trying to say we are homosexual? Look to your words and actions more than anything else. JV has been accused of slanderous comments and rascism recently by some Paul supporters. You do not think words and comments posted has something to with it?
Now if Paul can only get the KKK endorsement he’ll be all set wo win the southern racist vote.
Who is more of a threat to our country?
Billiam the Youtube Snowman
Or
Al Qaeda Terrorists?
or how about a
I’m also against nation-building. I don’t believe it will work in Islamic countries, nor do I believe that the attempt(s) will be respected in the long run by the peoples of those countries. Now, some factions might take advantage of some of the initial benefits to them. Some factions might play the nation-building thing with us where they think it will put their particular faction in a a favorable “starting gate.” But in the long run, we are building or rebuilding our enemies. We are rebuilding Israel’s enemies, too.
19 of the 19 hijackers received training in the US.. I guess it is time to stop buying military equipment from US companies too..
Paul is not the CIC now, but that doesn't seem to stop him from expressing his opinion. Paul is all hat and no cattle.
Clinton's failure to respond to repeated attacks by AQ resulted in 9/11
Get real and stop the conspiracy theories. Even during the height of the cold war they never thought about this seriously because they know that they will be annihilated.
I never found out if our Canadian FRiends might have better luck?
I've always understood the original meaning of "neocon" refers to a conservative Jew.
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The comment was just that, a joke, since you two are always posting together on the same threads. It had nothing to do with ethnicity or race. I didn't even know jveritas was Lebanonese until someone mentioned it in that other thread.
You're the one that's making it into a race issue, not me.
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