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On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Coach <[email protected]> wrote: > This ought to ruffle a few feathers off of one of our readers. I > know, I'll get a response highlighting non intervention, blah blah > blah, but it still reads Mr. Paul supports Israel. > > > > In an exclusive Newsmax interview, Congressman and Republican > presidential candidate Ron Paul confirmed his support for Israel, but > cautioned that while the United States should be a “friend” of the > Jewish state, America should not be the “master” of Israel. > > Paul also says the United States should not dictate Israel’s borders > or try to “buy her allegiance” with massive amounts of foreign aid. He > argued that foreign aid has actually hurt – not helped – the Jewish > state. > > The interview was conducted by Newsmax contributor Doug Wead, a > presidential historian and New York Times best-selling author. > > Paul has recently come under fire from some Jewish groups in America. > The Republican Jewish Coalition banned Paul from a debate on Jewish > issues in Washington this week because of his “misguided and extreme > views,” according to the group’s executive director, Matt Brooks. > > Newsmax chatted with Paul to get his side of the issue as the Texas > Republican is surging in some presidential polls. > > A new Washington Post-ABC News survey in Iowa shows him threatening > Mitt Romney as the second-leading candidate behind Newt Gingrich. Paul > is now tied with Romney in the early caucus state with 18 percent of > the vote, behind Gingrich’s 33 percent. > > Rep. Paul’s interview with Newsmax follows: > > Newsmax: What should our relationship be with Israel? > > Ron Paul: We should be their friend and their trading partner. They > are a democracy and we share many values with them. But we should not > be their master. We should not dictate where their borders will be nor > should we have veto power over their foreign policy. > > This is not just about Israel, by the way, this is about how we should > conduct ourselves with other countries around the world. > > Newsmax: But Israel is not like other countries. We have a large > Jewish population in America. What do you say to those who criticize > your policy toward Israel? > > Ron Paul: I think that some not only misunderstand the American > Constitution and the role we should have in the world, they also > misunderstand Zionism. Part of the original idea of Zionism, as I > understand it, was that there should be Jewish independence and Jewish > self-reliance. Today, America doesn’t want anyone to be self-reliant. > We want to rule the world and be the saviors of the world and we are > going broke in the process. > > Newsmax: Some object to your policy of cutting foreign aid to Israel. > > Ron Paul: I have objected to all foreign aid. I define foreign aid as > taking money from poor people in rich countries and giving it to rich > people in poor countries. We just can’t keep doing this. We don’t have > the money anymore. > > Stop and consider America’s policy: 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. > > Newsmax: What do you say to evangelical Christians who want that aid > to continue? > > Ron Paul: I say to them that our aid in the region is out of balance > and it is wrong. Foreign aid does not help Israel. It is a net > disadvantage. I say to them that “the borrower is servant to the > lender” and America should never be the master of Israel and its fate. > We should be her friend. > > 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. > > Newsmax: What then, if anything, should we do for Israel? > > Ron Paul: We should share intelligence for mutually agreed-upon goals. > We should honor our pledge to refuse any arms sales that would > undermine Israel’s qualitative military edge in the region. > > But we should stop interfering with them. We should not announce > bargaining positions even before she begins her negotiations. We > should not dictate what she can and cannot do. We should stop trying > to buy her allegiance. And Israel should stop sacrificing their > sovereignty as an independent state to us or anybody else, no matter > how well-intentioned. > > Read more on Newsmax.com: Ron Paul Tells Newsmax: I Support Israel > Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now! > > -- > 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.
