Posted on 11/06/2011 11:18:41 AM PST by Chi-townChief
GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul says "offering friendship" to Iran, not sanctions, would be a more fruitful to achieving peace with Tehran. The Texas congressman says fears about Iran's nuclear program have been "blown out of proportion." He says tough penalties are a mistake because, as he says was the case in Iraq, they only hurt the local population and still paved a path to war. When asked on "Fox News Sunday" what he would do to deter Iran's alleged nuclear ambitions, Paul said "maybe offering friendship to them." Paul's remarks put him at odds with both the Bush and Obama administrations; U.S. policy has relied heavily on sanctions and diplomacy to try to convince Tehran to abandon its atomic program. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful. ..
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Like a “medieval regime” that has orbited satellites and is building nuclear facilities...
You Paulinoids are a hoot, I give ya that...
Um, yeah...
Ok Dokey...
Meanwhile back at the Human home-world...
You know, taxes and spending are at the top of my issue list. Paul’s views on these are easily the best.
And I’ve grown much more skeptical of interventionist foreign policy over the past few years.
So why not back Ron Paul?
This is kind of moronitude is reason #1 why.
GOPster’s comment of “sigh” about sums it up.
Meant to ping you guys to my last comment too.
Oh....the yes, those Iranians are so high tech and advanced. LOL!!!
I agree with almost all of Rep. Paul’s views, about domestic issues, but I disagree with him about the war. I’m glad that our country sent troops to Iraq, to defeat the terrorists. I was in the navy for 21 years, including six months near Baghdad.
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