Ron Paul and the Navy?

[socal]

I always interpreted Dr Paul saying that he wanted to "bring the troops home" and close all "foreign bases" as not applying to the Navy since I never thought of sailors as troops, and international waters are not a foreign base. It would be good to get confirmation though.

Here's another angle of attack I found while researching the subject,

3 Surprising Aspects of Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy Views
http://politiac.com/3_Surprising_Aspects_of_Ron_Paul’s_Foreign_Policy_Views/

The Bottom Line

Dr. Paul’s foreign policy ideas would save America a lot of money; true, and they would also leave America vulnerable to nuclear attack and destabilize global politics. Countries that have unstable governments and nuclear weapons would have nothing impeding the sale of nuclear bombs to anyone that wanted to buy them. No longer having a global defense network and protection from intercontinental ballistic missiles could result in the complete annihilation of the United States.

 

[socal]

I guess this means that guy in the newspaper WASN'T a blabbering idiot? (Be careful what you call people because some times it boomerangs on you.)

Judge for yourself, here's the thread that motivated this one,

How to respond to this letter to the editor
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...espond-to-this-letter-to-the-editor&p=4299717

 

[sailingaway]

I always interpreted Dr Paul saying that he wanted to "bring the troops home" and close all "foreign bases" as not applying to the Navy since I never thought of sailors as troops, and international waters are not a foreign base, It would be good to get confirmation though.

Here's another angle of attack I found while researching the subject,

3 Surprising Aspects of Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy Views
http://politiac.com/3_Surprising_Aspects_of_Ron_Paul’s_Foreign_Policy_Views/

and we are the ones who have to pay for the entire GLOBE's security why, exactly?

 

[klamath]

Same can be said with every candidate.

Nope because every other candidate, democrat and republican, bases their defense plans on the established 70 year old US defense posture. RP was the only one saying it should be scrapped but left it very unclear on what the new posture would look like.

 

[phill4paul]

All this does is once again show why RP lost.

RP lost?

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

good thing about submarines is that our enemies don't know where they are. it'll keep them on edge... knowing that there is are submarines, each with enough missles to blow up entire continents.

we can pull our submarines out of an enemy area and the enemy would still wonder and guess where the submarine is without realizing it left the area.

it is like the klingons... cloaking their ships to keep the enemy guessing and off balanced.

it seems the media still tries to spin Ron Paul's foreign policies or misrepresent it. at any rate, i'd assume Ron would get advice from his cabinent (assuming they are competent) on what bases to withdraw and what troops to withdraw and what to do in various situations.

 

[bluesc]

Nope because every other candidate, democrat and republican, bases their defense plans on the established 70 year old US defense posture. RP was the only one saying it should be scrapped but left it very unclear on what the new posture would look like.

True, unfortunately.

He should have come out with the "Paul Doctrine".

 

[EBounding]

Does anyone know what Paul would do with the navy as commander in chief? Because some blabbering idiot in my newspaper the other day stated that Paul would bring home and dock every ship....

He never said such a thing, just that the troops would come home as fast as the ship's could go.

But he also hasn't exactly explained what a Constitutional, Ron Paul National Defense would look like. Maybe he thinks it's common sense, but it's something that he really needed to address. It's too late now for it to help him, but it would be great if he could explain it.

 

[dustinp]

I always interpreted Dr Paul saying that he wanted to "bring the troops home" and close all "foreign bases" as not applying to the Navy since I never thought of sailors as troops, and international waters are not a foreign base. It would be good to get confirmation though.

Here's another angle of attack I found while researching the subject,

3 Surprising Aspects of Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy Views
http://politiac.com/3_Surprising_Aspects_of_Ron_Paul’s_Foreign_Policy_Views/

Im glad that us sailors aren't seen as troops. Hopefully the DOD will pull their heads out of their asses and not deploy sailors to the desert anymore. And they should close those...well they cant be naval bases in foreign countries....cause that would imply that we have sailors on land somewhere.