Ron Paul: Iran Would be Justified in Closing Strategic Waterway in Response to Sanctions

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(CNSNews.com) – As Iran ratcheted up its rhetoric Thursday about closing the Strait of Hormuz, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul revisited his earlier criticisms of Western policy towards Tehran, adding that Iran would be justified in cutting off the strategic waterway in response to sanctions.

At a campaign event in Iowa Thursday, Paul called Western sanctions imposed against Iran over its nuclear activities “horrendous” and “acts of war,”

[LSUfan]

HOGWASH

[Stepan12]

Ron Paul 1488
The Final Solution for America

The two eights of the number 1488 stand for the eigth letter of the alphabet: H. And the two of them together form H H or Heil Hitler.

The fourteen part of the number 1488 stands for those fourteen words that every white supremacist knows: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White children. (hat tip Bill Levinson)

[skeeter]

And the Japanese were justified in attacking the US Navy in Hawaii in response to official US policy towards their militarism.

This guy needs to exit stage left immediately.

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[Iron Munro]

It’s surprising Obama hasn’t offered Paul the job as Secetary of Defense.

[Vermont Lt]

The sanctions we just placed on them are similar to the sanctions placed on Japan prior to their attack in 1941.

It is reasonable to make the assumption that the results of these sanctions could be similar.

While Ron’s wording on this is very poor, the logic is not.

Cutting off Japan’s resources through the embargo = Attack on the US.
Cutting of flow of cash to Iran = ?

I am not a Paultard. I just think that this whole Iranian thing seems eerily like 1940 all over again.

[Free Vulcan]

And one of our own founders, Thomas Jefferson, took on Muslim pirates during his presidency. Betcha the oomPauloomps don’t want to hear those facts.

[ejonesie22]

Idiot followed by morons....

[cookcounty]

What an ignorant dope. Don’t ask me to not laugh whenever I hear his name.

[rintense]

What a monumental dumba$$ Ron Paul is.

[Tex-Con-Man]

[VictoryGal]

How is this guy pulling the numbers he is? Are there that many suicidally insane people out there?

In the GOP no less! I can understand imbecilic self-loathing in liberals, but Republicans?

[Signalman]

I would like to see RP run as 3rd party. I think he would draw more votes away from Obama than the GOP.

[Sudetenland]

I find that headline to be puzzling and problematic. I dislike Paul's foreign policy as much or more than most and have been as critical as any about it, but I do not find any statement by him in the article in which he says what the headline claims he said.

He did call the sanctions imposed against Iran over its nuclear activities “horrendous” and “acts of war, but I don't see where he said that "Iran would be justified in cutting off the strategic waterway in response to sanctions. "

I have searched the web for a direct quotation in which he said that or anything like it and all references I have found point back to this article.

I'm sorry, but Patrick Goodenough's claim is simply not "good enough." With out any direct quote, without any citation to prove what Paul said, this is no better than what the MSM does to conservatives everyday.

I don't like Ron Paul and the idea of him as Commander in Chief terrifies me, but I also do not like this sort of shoddy, pseudo-journalism.

I can believe that Ron Paul might believe this, but until I see it in his own words, this is just garbage from one less than reliable news source.

[marty60]

What the Paul supporters don’t get is that if Iran did this, gas prices would go so high that the Paulettes couldn’t afford POT.

[mylife]

What a dumbass.
Sure Ron, cut off UAE,Bahrain,Qatar,Kuwait,Iraq,Saudi Arabia.

[cookcounty]

"Ole Ron needs to go to Iran to campaign."

He could call it the "Ron Paul Suck-Up Tour"

[pfflier]

I wonder if Paul is campaigning by bicycle? He sure want our oil supply shut off.

[Servant of the Cross]

Hey Iowa. Please pick up the white phone in the lobby. If you vote for this clown, you haven’t got a clue.