Ron Paul and Israel
jimrthy BN-0
2012/01/31 00:30:22
It's worth reading the full article. And sharing: this is pure gold, from a source I'd have never expected.
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Members of this large and very important electoral block [social conservatives] appreciate Paul’s fiscal sanity, his dedication to Austrian economics, and his determination to cut $1 trillion in his first year in office. They embrace his pro-life position and concern for homeschooling rights. Some of them are beginning to understand his opposition to an unaccountable central bank and call to end the Federal Reserve. He also receives accolades because he respects the U.S. Constitution so stalwartly. But they just can’t get over his approach to foreign policy, which they see as dangerous and anti-Israel. The question we need to be asking is whether this disconnect is really a result of Dr. Paul’s policies or only of how these voters perceive them.
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“Stop and consider America’s policy,” the congressman said, “We give $3 billion a year to Israel in loans; and we give $12 billion or more in assistance to Israel’s self-declared enemies. Some of these are countries that say they will drive Israel into the sea.”
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Members of this large and very important electoral block [social conservatives] appreciate Paul’s fiscal sanity, his dedication to Austrian economics, and his determination to cut $1 trillion in his first year in office. They embrace his pro-life position and concern for homeschooling rights. Some of them are beginning to understand his opposition to an unaccountable central bank and call to end the Federal Reserve. He also receives accolades because he respects the U.S. Constitution so stalwartly. But they just can’t get over his approach to foreign policy, which they see as dangerous and anti-Israel. The question we need to be asking is whether this disconnect is really a result of Dr. Paul’s policies or only of how these voters perceive them.
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“Stop and consider America’s policy,” the congressman said, “We give $3 billion a year to Israel in loans; and we give $12 billion or more in assistance to Israel’s self-declared enemies. Some of these are countries that say they will drive Israel into the sea.”
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“In October, 1981, most of the world and most of the Congress voiced outrage over Israel’s attack on Iraq and their nuclear development. I was one of the few who defended her right to make her own decisions on foreign policy and to act in her own self-interest.”
Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic recently wrote that Ron Paul’s position is actually the closest to a Zionist of all the Republican candidates, because, “a true Zionist is a believer in two core values of the Jewish liberation movement: Jewish independence and Jewish self-reliance.”
It would seem that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also feels strongly about the importance of Israel’s independence and self-reliance – values that Paul insists are crucial to the Jewish nation. Said Netanyahu in his 2011 address to the U.S. congress,
“My friends, you don't have to—you don't need to do nation-building in Israel. We're already built. You don't need to export democracy to Israel. We've already got it. And you don't need to send American troops to Israel. We defend ourselves."
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With his concern for her long-term interests and condemnation of the substantial U.S. funding extended to her enemies, could it be that Dr. No really has the best stance on Israel, one that will provide her with the strongest national defense and the most wholesome relationship with America?
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With his concern for her long-term interests and condemnation of the substantial U.S. funding extended to her enemies, could it be that Dr. No really has the best stance on Israel, one that will provide her with the strongest national defense and the most wholesome relationship with America?
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David Hussey 2012/01/31 01:07:13
+6His position is not anti-Israel, it is just not pro-Israel... exactly the foreign policy advocated by the majority of America's founders
Nobody's perfect.
Ron Paul knows that his election would be a clear mandate for an end to politics as usual. He knows how congress works, far better than any other candidate. He knows that the same support that placed him in the White House, would hold the feet of the members of the other house to the fire! Nothing would happen immediately... but at least it would begin! The biggest threat to America, is the national debt! Far more than the "Jihadist under the bed" which the profiteers use as propaganda to keep us on a war footing, and distract us on how to pay for it!
It's not about the man, it's about the principled positions he has been warning us of for decades, and he has been prophetic in his predictions. He has already won, on many counts, merely by changing the narrative, throughout the election, and among politicians. Four y...
Ron Paul knows that his election would be a clear mandate for an end to politics as usual. He knows how congress works, far better than any other candidate. He knows that the same support that placed him in the White House, would hold the feet of the members of the other house to the fire! Nothing would happen immediately... but at least it would begin! The biggest threat to America, is the national debt! Far more than the "Jihadist under the bed" which the profiteers use as propaganda to keep us on a war footing, and distract us on how to pay for it!
It's not about the man, it's about the principled positions he has been warning us of for decades, and he has been prophetic in his predictions. He has already won, on many counts, merely by changing the narrative, throughout the election, and among politicians. Four years of Ron Paul, would bring the draconian measure to right the ship, and change course.
I have six adult children who can speak better than I, about Ron Paul, and are active in the campaign. As they remind me, it is their future that my generation effed up for them.
If elected to the presidency... he has already stated that he will accept only a salary of $37,500 a year... the average income in America. As a 12 term congressman, he is eligible for full retirement, at over $100,000.00 a year. He has turned it down. He doesn't take advantage of the Cadillac healthcare available to congress. He is allowed $150,000 a year for office budget, and returns over a hundred thousand of it each year. He has never voted to raise taxes, or for an unconstitutional measure or legislation.
Public trough, is a misnomer for Dr, Paul. He is an ObGyn who has delivered over 4000 babies. Many without accepting any Medicare or welfare, and accepting only what they could manage. Married over 50 years... He's old school, and we could use some character and integrity, in Washington, for a change.
He walks the Talk! No one else comes close! If you have someone who does... you should be proudly adding your support in these discussions. So should all those who disparage him... nothing but thew sound of crickets?
Have a good day
See you in the trenches!
But I do have to ask who you think might be better?
We have a primary coming up, and you might change my mind.
Which alternative do you prefer? Why?
He's spent a lot more time reading (and writing about) the Constitution than any other current candidate.
When I wrote "He's" I actually meant Dr. Paul.
The difference with America, we have a centralized bank, which manipulates everything and prints Fiat money at will. The more UN-backed dollars in circulation, the lower the value of the dollar. It's called the inflation tax, as our dollars purchase less and less.
Thanks to Ron Paul, a short audit of the Federal Reserve revealed they have provided 16 trillion dollars--equal to the national debt--to bail out the financial institutions. With nearly half of that going to the European Centrals. So, the reality of our debt, like most items the government reports, is much higher. Add to that the unfunded entitlements of Social Security and Medicare, and you have an obligation estimated between 50 to 80 trillion dollars.
I hope your instructors are not teaching Keynesian economic theories? You may look in to the Austrian economic teachings of the Mises-Hayek Theory of the Business Cycle. It is the foundation of Ron Paul's prophetic forecast of our mortgage bubble, and a few others, with the college loan bubble set to burst.
Clearly, if we continue to increase the money supply, through borrowing and ...
The difference with America, we have a centralized bank, which manipulates everything and prints Fiat money at will. The more UN-backed dollars in circulation, the lower the value of the dollar. It's called the inflation tax, as our dollars purchase less and less.
Thanks to Ron Paul, a short audit of the Federal Reserve revealed they have provided 16 trillion dollars--equal to the national debt--to bail out the financial institutions. With nearly half of that going to the European Centrals. So, the reality of our debt, like most items the government reports, is much higher. Add to that the unfunded entitlements of Social Security and Medicare, and you have an obligation estimated between 50 to 80 trillion dollars.
I hope your instructors are not teaching Keynesian economic theories? You may look in to the Austrian economic teachings of the Mises-Hayek Theory of the Business Cycle. It is the foundation of Ron Paul's prophetic forecast of our mortgage bubble, and a few others, with the college loan bubble set to burst.
Clearly, if we continue to increase the money supply, through borrowing and what is essentially counterfeiting... we will find ourselves in a great depression, which will force all markets to reset, as they did before.
China loans us about a trillion a year, through Treasury Notes. American consumption of Chinese goods, equal around a Trillion dollars a year. Interesting dynamic. Should China make a strategic play to make the Yuan the reserve currency of the world, they could aid their decision by cashing them in, or trading them on the world market.
Oil prices are pegged to the USDollar. This Petro-dollar, is the only thing providing us some relative stability. One of the reasons we invaded and occupied Iraq, was for Hussein's threat to start trading their oil supply and setting it's price in Euros.
Already, China and India, are using Gold for many of their transactions, fearing the volatility of the Dollar. We have exposed ourselves to potential strategic risk. The BRIC countries... Brazil, Russia, India, and China, are the fastest growing economic forces in our globe. In the next ten years, India is expected to pass China in population growth.
If China should start focusing their manufacturing to supply their own people, they would have to raise prices and consequently salaries and opportunities at home. Right now, they can feed our demands, and suppress their own incomes... though, it's starting to change on it own, as their labor force comes out of their industrial age to a taste of service industries for home consumption.
Good luck with your studies, and know that the curriculum could be a rather liberal one, as it is here. Find some balance.
I think that the fact that Dr. Paul gets so much money and support from active military says a lot.