Ron Paul VS Rudy #2 on CNN Political Ticker

[wmullen36]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...liani-exchange-sharp-words-over-911/#comments

Back Paul Up with great comments....

 

[Ridiculous]

Paul's comment was kind of a mistake. What about Pear Harbor? The Japanese attacked us.

I didn't think his comment was the best choice of words.

 

[Harry96]

No, he said we had never faced a situation where we knew about an imminent attack beforehand, where there wasn't time to ask Congress for a declaration of war.

 

[beermotor]

How was that a mistake? WE DECLARED WAR ON THE JAPS. Are you suggesting that we should have preemptively hit Japan to stop Pearl Harbor? His comment was perfect, right on.

 

[Ron Paul Fan]

No, he said we had never faced a situation where we knew about an imminent attack beforehand, where there wasn't time to ask Congress for a declaration of war.

Correct. The definition of imminent is "likely to occur at any moment or impending." The attack on Pearl Harbor was a sneak attack and 9/11 was a big shock. The idea that the Iranians could bring their army over here and take over the U.S. is proposterous. That's what Dr. Paul meant.

 

[literatim]

Paul's comment was kind of a mistake. What about Pear Harbor? The Japanese attacked us.

I didn't think his comment was the best choice of words.

That wasn't an imminent attack. That was a "sneak attack" by modern history. An imminent attack is if Canada is marching troops to our border.

 

[Ridiculous]

That wasn't an imminent attack. That was a "sneak attack" by modern history. An imminent attack is if Canada is marching troops to our border.

Ok, I concede. It makes sense by that logic.

 

[DeepBlu]

Right, but like you originally said, maybe it wasn't the best choice of words.

 

[bighairycaveman]

Hawaii wasn't even a state until 1959, so pearl harbor wasn't necessarily an imminent attack on our country.... Pearl Harbor was just another one of our military bases in other parts of the world. SO as always, Paul is right.

 

[sunny]

Paul's comment was kind of a mistake. What about Pear Harbor? The Japanese attacked us.

I didn't think his comment was the best choice of words.

roosevelt (et al) let that attack happen. he knew about it in advance.
it was to obtain the anger of the american people so that america could be drawn
into the war against germany.
read griffin's book for starters where he speaks of this.

 

[FrankRep]

 

[MsDoodahs]

Frank I Love That Pic!!!

 

[LibertyEagle]

I don't recall exactly what Rudy said, but he said something like maybe we should have attacked Afghanistan or Pakistan and 911 would never have happened. This was a perfect opportunity for him to be called on the carpet about not only foreknowledge and ineptitude in our government, but also for him to be asked why in the hell we are in Iraq, if it was select people in Afghanistan and Pakistan who were responsible.

We all noticed it, but I'm wondering if the general populace did. I was so hoping Dr. Paul would lay him out on this.

 

[ItsTime]

wow no mention of how they shut off his mic and not let him rebutt it.

 

[micahnelson]

Guys, Ron Paul said we havent had an attack on this country that required military action without time for Congressional Approval.

Pearl Harbor- We HAD congressional approval
9/11- Not an attack by a nation, therefore declaration of war impossible

To answer Rudy about his Afghanistan/Pakistan comment- attacking them in the weeks before 9/11 wouldn't have stopped 9/11.

 

[speciallyblend]

He Was 100% Correct

Paul's comment was kind of a mistake. What about Pear Harbor? The Japanese attacked us.

I didn't think his comment was the best choice of words.

The question was about Iran and attacking.
Did Iran attack us yet,let me know if they did

 

[noxagol]

Hawaii wasn't even a state until 1959, so pearl harbor wasn't necessarily an imminent attack on our country.... Pearl Harbor was just another one of our military bases in other parts of the world. SO as always, Paul is right.

I think it was a territory at that time though.

 

[quickmike]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...liani-exchange-sharp-words-over-911/#comments

Back Paul Up with great comments....

I just had to comment on this one. Most backed up what Ron said, but a few were Rudy supporters.

My comment:




"Well, I think it was kind of organized in Afghanistan and Pakistan," Giuliani said.

Ok, so by that 3rd grade level reasoning, we should be going to war with our own country when Timothy McVeigh "organized" the attack in Oklahoma? How stupid does Rudy think the american people are anyway?

Rudy gets the vote of the scared little american sucking his thumb in the corner, worried about the next attack on our country. Ron Paul gets the vote of the american who values his freedom over big daddy government providing security at the cost of liberty.

Simple choice if you ask me.

Ron Paul 2008

 

[jgmaynard]

An imminent attack is if Canada is marching troops to our border.

Ah! I thought that was the definition of hilarious.... LOL.

So de Canadians dere, dey are coming to take over, eh? So like all you hosers put up pictures of Michael J. Fox and blast Rush, da band not da talk show host dere, eh? :O)

JM

P.S. I'm of full blooded Canadian ancestory, so I get to make those jokes. :O)

 

[fj45lvr]

Wonder why we didn't do a damn thing to the only middle east nation that has lied to us and developed a secret WMD program of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons without any inspections????

Well I guess they all believe that secret weapons programs are really just fine and dandy after all.