Hello PlainOl! How about from the horse's mouth, on August 12th, at the Ames Iowa debate, with regard to Iran, and a question from Chris Wallace, who asked:
*"Congressman Paul -- Congressman Paul, you say that President Obama is not too soft on Iran, you say that he is too tough on Iran. I want to put up some of your statements. "Sanctions are not diplomacy," you say. "They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade." As for Iran's nuclear ambitions, you wrote this: "One can understand why they might want to become nuclear capable, if only to defend themselves and to be treated more respectfull"* *"Is that your policy towards Iran?"* ** ** Congressman Paul responded in part: * * ** *"....Just think of the agitation and the worrying of a country that might get a nuclear weapon some day. And just think of how many nuclear weapons surround Iran. The Chinese are there. The Indians are there. The Pakistanis are there. The Israelis are there. The United States is there. All these countries -- China has nuclear weapons. "* * "Why wouldn't it be natural that they might want a weapon? There'd be -- internationally, they'd be given more respect. Why should we write people off? There was -- you know, in the '50s, we at least talked to them. At least our leaders and Reagan talked to the Soviets. * *What's so terribly bad about this?"* Wallace followed up: *"Congressman Paul -- Congressman Paul, I want to just give you 15 seconds. I want to just make sure I understand. So your policy towards Iran is, if they want to develop a nuclear weapon, that's their right, no sanctions, no effort to stop them?"* *PAUL: "No, I think that -- I think that thing -- that makes it much worse. Why would that be so strange, if the Soviets and the Chinese have nuclear weapons? We tolerated the Soviets; we didn't attack them. And they were a much greater danger -- they were the greatest danger to us in -- our whole history. You don't go to war against them."* ** *======== * ** As stated, I have the utmost respect for Dr. Paul, and I think he is a brilliant individual, who has sound economic and fiscal polices that the Republican Party are now adopting. Kudos to Paul, and the Tea Party for finally seeing the light! I do not agree with Dr. Paul's foreign policy, and I find it just outright naive! Iran is not the Soviet Union, it is a bunch of fanatics who hate Western Civilization, and especially America. Dr. Paul doesn't see this or realize this. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 1:34 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > For Dr. Paul to advocate > Iran's nuclear capabilities is just flat out scary > > --- > cite source > > On Aug 17, 9:11 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would agree that our foreign policy of, "Nation Building" was > misguided > > and not in the best interests of the United States. I would also call > > "Nation Building" a form of "Intervention". > > > > There is a distinction however, between "Intervention" and "Isolation". > > Dr. Paul espouses the latter, and that is just as misplaced as Nation > > Building. In fact, It's far more dangerous. For Dr. Paul to advocate > > Iran's nuclear capabilities is just flat out scary. A clear indication > that > > Paul denies the reality of the world today. Dr. Paul is a brilliant guy, > > he is just flat out misplaced on what constitutes a danger to our Nation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:22 AM, raymorphic <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > "It didn't make Dr. Paul any more correct with regard to history, or > > > his > > > foreign policy." > > > > > I'm not sure about the history part; what I refer to as sensible was > > > the foreign policy solution. > > > > > America do not like interventionists foreign policies. > > > > > We couldn't run our country well, let alone running other people's > > > countries. > > > > > In addition, we're in no financial position to intervene. > > > > > -- > > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
