Ron Paul looks to block military operations in Syria

[sailingaway]

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-acti...l-looks-to-block-military-operations-in-syria

 

[kathy88]

Ron Paul. Practice what you preach. He does.

 

[tsai3904]

Video of his floor speech:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/clip.php?appid=601866455

 

[FSP-Rebel]

all the while McInsane is up in arms cause we're not funding the Syrian 'rebels'

 

[moostraks]

""In my opinion, all the evidence to justify this attack is bogus," he said. "It is no more credible than the pretext given for the 2003 invasion of Iraq or for the 2011 attack on Libya.'

He charged that a war is just the latest attempt to challenge the Iranian government and control Middle East oil"

I LOVE THIS MAN!!! Go Dr. Paul!!!!! Thank you for keeping the discussion in the public eye as to what is really going on with all this war propaganda. I will NOT sacrifice my children for corporate interests over seas...

 

[jkr]

GOOD!

stick it in McINSANE's dusty a-hole!

 

[tsai3904]

YouTube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rCvfwoRGMg

 

[Yieu]

That's our guy -- the non-interventionist who somehow made it into Congress with those pro-peace views. I'm surprised we were able to achieve as much as having a non-interventionist in Congress, and I am glad he was still around to say this.

 

[No1butPaul]

Be on the ready once the legislation is drafted to phone/fax/twitter bomb Congress on this! Republicans, especially, need to get the message LOUD AND CLEAR: we WANT and we NEED a MAJOR shift in foreign policy!!!!!

 

[seraphson]

all the while McInsane is up in arms cause we're not funding the Syrian 'rebels'

Overtly loud "Hmmmmm". Where have I seen this scenario play out before?

You'd think we'd stop funding rebels after what we've been through in the past decade. You'd think.

 

[Yieu]

we WANT and we NEED a MAJOR shift in foreign policy!!!!!

Indeed, non-interventionism is our #1 issue and should be our #1 campaign platform at all times.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

I love the metaphor of Russia in Mexico!!

 

[ClydeCoulter]

We need the H.R. number as soon as possible so we can get our reps on this.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

Hmmm anyone know Gary Johnson's view on this? I know he supports war for humanitarian reasons.

 

[LCG8928]

Although I personally support the rebels and oppose the regime, we as Americans must remember its just not our damn problem. The government cares about Iran and oil not the Syrian people and if we intervened the country would be in ruins by the time we left.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Although I personally support the rebels and oppose the regime, we as Americans must remember its just not our damn problem. The government cares about Iran and oil not the Syrian people and if we intervened the country would be in ruins by the time we left.

So, who are the "rebels"?

 

[G-Wohl]

Hmmm anyone know Gary Johnson's view on this? I know he supports war for humanitarian reasons.

This is a broad statement to make, and is mostly a misrepresentation of Johnson's views. Don't say things you can't verify.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/yes-gary-johnson-endorsed-humanitarian-war_522029.html

Johnson has only endorsed the idea that the US has a moral right to, if it so chose, pursue war against a nation to stop genocide - but not to nation build or engage in a battle against a sizable enemy force. It was specifically referenced to the genocide happening in Africa, where military intervention would be a mostly non-violent endeavor due to their savage living conditions and low societal standards.

He has not endorsed anything beyond what a classical Objectivist (or Ayn Rand herself) would have endorsed - which most here, I would imagine, would find complimentary to their own views.

 

[James Madison]

Hmmm anyone know Gary Johnson's view on this? I know he supports war for humanitarian reasons.

Does not compute...

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

This is a broad statement to make, and is mostly a misrepresentation of Johnson's views. Don't say things you can't verify.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/yes-gary-johnson-endorsed-humanitarian-war_522029.html

Johnson has only endorsed the idea that the US has a moral right to, if it so chose, pursue war against a nation to stop genocide - but not to nation build or engage in a battle against a sizable enemy force. It was specifically referenced to the genocide happening in Africa, where military intervention would be a mostly non-violent endeavor due to their savage living conditions and low societal standards.

He has not endorsed anything beyond what a classical Objectivist (or Ayn Rand herself) would have endorsed - which most here, I would imagine, would find complimentary to their own views.

Did you seriously just try to prove me wrong and end up proving me right?

Also...what the hell?

where military intervention would be a mostly non-violent endeavor due to their savage living conditions and low societal standards.

 

[July]

Thank you Ron!