Just another, (and I quote) : "*Zionist Warmonger 'xian' *(whatever the Hell a 'xian' is) *pos*".......
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for sharing this article Coach! > > > > > 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.
