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- truthsupporter2, on 01/09/2009, -7/+69As always Ron Paul is honest and tells it like it is. He continues educating the American government and the people. He is the most powerful speaker for the global liberty/ freedom movement and a humanitarian who does not take sides.
- naderventura, on 01/09/2009, -4/+50Ron Paul Rocks!
http://www.dailypaul.com/ - dartagnanpluck, on 01/09/2009, -5/+47Again, I hope they were all listening. IT is SO obvious that Ron Paul is correct. We have a terrible history of training our future enemies and supplying them with high tech weaponry. THIS MUST STOP!
- silentboom, on 01/09/2009, -4/+42www.mises.org
- inactive, on 01/09/2009, -4/+35Ron Paul is one of the few voices of logic... of the few that speak un-varnished truths and look at history to show us where we went wrong and to guide us in making wise choices in the future... who will admit to past mistakes.
Yet, at the end of the day, the cancer still spreads. How can it be that only a few in congress can see so clearly what the majority of informed citizens see? (question is rhetorical) - richmomz, on 01/09/2009, -4/+30I had heard about Hamas being created by Israel as a radical counter-weight to Arafat's Fatah government and I didn't believe it, but now it's starting to make sense (as Paul pointed out we did the same thing when we 'radicalized' the muslim world to fight the Soviets. (Bin Laden himself used to work with the CIA during the Afghani-Soviet war)). Thus the roots of al-Quaeda may not have been sired in the caves of Afghanistan, but in the halls of the Pentagon and Langley.
Now both the U.S. and Israel are fighting the very monsters they helped create. - vt007ken, on 01/09/2009, -3/+26@dieboldcracy
He speaks just fine, the American people are just so dumb that they can't handle the intensity and truth that he speaks with. They need someone slow, who uses simple words, and who tells them to be hopeful.
The gov't is succeeding in dumbing down our country so that they ignore the Dr. Paul's and love the Obama's. Help move the country back by making education a value and instilling it in all those around you. Reject idiocracy too, like Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler. - Robjayne, on 01/09/2009, -3/+26They hate us why?1947-48: U.S. backs Palestine partition plan. Israel established. U.S. declines to press Israel to allow expelled Palestinians to return.
1949: CIA backs military coup deposing elected government of Syria.1
1953: CIA helps overthrow the democratically-elected Mossadeq government in Iran (which had nationalized the British oil company) leading to a quarter-century of repressive and dictatorial rule by the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi.
1956: U.S. cuts off promised funding for Aswan Dam in Egypt after Egypt receives Eastern bloc arms.
1956: Israel, Britain, and France invade Egypt. U.S. does not support invasion, but the involvement of its NATO allies severely diminishes Washington's reputation in the region.
1958: U.S. troops land in Lebanon to preserve "stability".
early 1960s: U.S. unsuccessfully attempts assassination of Iraqi leader, Abdul Karim Qassim.2
1963: U.S. supports coup by Iraqi Ba'ath party (soon to be headed by Saddam Hussein) and reportedly gives them names of communists to murder, which they do with vigor.3
1967-: U.S. blocks any effort in the Security Council to enforce SC Resolution 242, calling for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in the 1967 war.
1970: Civil war between Jordan and PLO. Israel and U.S. discuss intervening on side of Jordan if Syria backs PLO.
1972: U.S. blocks Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat's efforts to reach a peace agreement with Israel.
1973: Airlifted U.S. military aid enables Israel to turn the tide in war with Syria and Egypt.
1973-75: U.S. supports Kurdish rebels in Iraq. When Iran reaches an agreement with Iraq in 1975 and seals the border, Iraq slaughters Kurds and U.S. denies them refuge. Kissinger secretly explains that "covert action should not be confused with missionary work."4
1975: U.S. vetoes Security Council resolution condemning Israeli attacks on Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.5
1978-79: Iranians begin demonstrations against the Shah. U.S. tells Shah it supports him "without reservation" and urges him to act forcefully. Until the last minute, U.S. tries to organize military coup to save the Shah, but to no avail.6
1979-88: U.S. begins covert aid to Mujahideen in Afghanistan six months before Soviet invasion in Dec.
1979.7 Over the next decade U.S. provides training and more than $3 billion in arms and aid.
1980-88: Iran-Iraq war. When Iraq invades Iran, the U.S. opposes any Security Council action to condemn the invasion. U.S. soon removes Iraq from its list of nations supporting terrorism and allows U.S. arms to be transferred to Iraq. At the same time, U.S. lets Israel provide arms to Iran and in 1985 U.S. provides arms directly (though secretly) to Iran. U.S. provides intelligence information to Iraq. Iraq uses chemical weapons in 1984; U.S. restores diplomatic relations with Iraq. 1987 U.S. sends its navy into the Persian Gulf, taking Iraq's side; an overly-aggressive U.S. ship shoots down an Iranian civilian airliner, killing 290.
1981, 1986: U.S. holds military maneuvers off the coast of Libya in waters claimed by Libya with the clear purpose of provoking Qaddafi. In 1981, a Libyan plane fires a missile and U.S. shoots down two Libyan planes. In 1986, Libya fires missiles that land far from any target and U.S. attacks Libyan patrol boats, killing 72, and shore installations. When a bomb goes off in a Berlin nightclub, killing three, the U.S. charges that Qaddafi was behind it (possibly true) and conducts major bombing raids in Libya, killing dozens of civilians, including Qaddafi's adopted daughter.8
1982: U.S. gives "green light" to Israeli invasion of Lebanon,9 killing some 17 thousand civilians.10 U.S. chooses not to invoke its laws prohibiting Israeli use of U.S. weapons except in self-defense. U.S. vetoes several Security Council resolutions condemning the invasion.
1983: U.S. troops sent to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force; intervene on one side of a civil war, including bombardment by USS New Jersey. Withdraw after suicide bombing of marine barracks.
1984: U.S.-backed rebels in Afghanistan fire on civilian airliner.11
1987-92: U.S. arms used by Israel to repress first Palestinian Intifada. U.S. vetoes five Security Council resolution condemning Israeli repression.
1988: Saddam Hussein kills many thousands of his own Kurdish population and uses chemical weapons against them. The U.S. increases its economic ties to Iraq.
1988: U.S. vetoes 3 Security Council resolutions condemning continuing Israeli occupation of and repression in Lebanon.
1990-91: U.S. rejects any diplomatic settlement of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (for example, rebuffing any attempt to link the two regional occupations, of Kuwait and of Palestine). U.S. leads international coalition in war against Iraq. Civilian infrastructure targeted.12 To promote "stability" U.S. refuses to aid post-war uprisings by Shi'ites in the south and Kurds in the north, denying the rebels access to captured Iraqi weapons and refusing to prohibit Iraqi helicopter flights.13
1991-: Devastating economic sanctions are imposed on Iraq. U.S. and Britain block all attempts to lift them. Hundreds of thousands die. Though Security Council had stated that sanctions were to be lifted once Saddam Hussein's programs to develop weapons of mass destruction were ended, Washington makes it known that the sanctions would remain as long as Saddam remains in power. Sanctions in fact strengthen Saddam's position. Asked about the horrendous human consequences of the sanctions, Madeleine Albright (U.S. ambassador to the UN and later Secretary of State) declares that "the price is worth it."14
1991-: U.S. forces permanently based in Saudi Arabia.
1993-: U.S. launches missile attack on Iraq, claiming self-defense against an alleged assassination attempt on former president Bush two months earlier.15 - TruthExposed, on 01/09/2009, -8/+30How would we feel if the USSR or imperial Japan had succeeded in forcing it's will and way of life on us, and just killed off whoever resisted, along with anyone else who was close enough to be killed by the blast????
Terrorists did NOT start this conflict - 9/11 was an act of retaliation for US actions in the Middle East.
The USA has been effectively occupying the Middle East almost consistently since around 1918. We have overthrown Iraq 2x, Iran once (so far), supported the oppressive, woman hating government of Saudi Arabia, etc etc.
This is not an opinion, it is fact. The 9/11 commission report & the former head of the CIAs Bin Laden unit (Michael Scheuer),all concur that the above position is reality. Evan Al Qaeda told us that 9/11 was in retaliation for US action in the Middle East. You will not find a credible source that disagrees with this position. - sheeplescareme, on 01/09/2009, -5/+26care to elaborate? he is honest, he does educate, and he is a powerful speaker. the only part of your statement that is correct is the last line. he has taken the side of the constitution. pity that most of the country hasn't followed his lead.
- thedsack, on 01/09/2009, -2/+23Liberty is what we need and we must follow the constitution to keep it (or regain it).
Dr. Paul does this.
See: http://campaignforliberty.com/ - mozarker, on 01/09/2009, -2/+22Ron Paul is a true statesman and will always speak the truth whether we like it or not. It's such a shame that more in congress don't have the moral principles and courage that he does.
- KMye, on 01/09/2009, -2/+22I wish CSPAN panned to show his fellow representatives' expressions/reactions during his speeches...
- Robjayne, on 01/09/2009, -3/+19I was wondering what moron would dig you down? Noliberty et al aren't around yet so it must have been that abcess.
- radiofriendly, on 01/09/2009, -2/+17Somebody forgot to read the talking points! - I find this stuff at: http://www.dailypaul.com/ -
always have the latest RP video. - sphira, on 01/10/2009, -0/+15Sadly,
just the tip of the iceberg I'm sure - kemp34, on 01/10/2009, -0/+14And all this time I thought they hated us for our freedoms.
- EricDrawback, on 01/09/2009, -3/+15The Hegelian Dialectic at work. Problem-Reaction-Solution
- inactive, on 01/10/2009, -1/+13Funniest reply of the night, in a sad way...
- kemp34, on 01/10/2009, -0/+11Same here, so I can see which ones are for seizing my wealth and sending it to aggressive overseas entities without my consent.
- TruthExposed, on 01/09/2009, -3/+14Thank you for saving me the time. Many of these USA IS ALWAYS RIGHT types think they should love us for what we do to them.
- Briantology, on 01/10/2009, -2/+12Texas straight talk!
- rv361162, on 01/10/2009, -2/+12I hope McCain just woke up from his nap after his campaign was over and had Ron blasting over the airwaves as the first thing he saw after hibernation.
*****-talk Express, meet Ron Paul, a REAL republican/politician/man of the people. - TruthExposed, on 01/10/2009, -0/+10Read what I wrote Hortnon.
They hate us why?1947-48: U.S. backs Palestine partition plan. Israel established. U.S. declines to press Israel to allow expelled Palestinians to return.
1949: CIA backs military coup deposing elected government of Syria.1
1953: CIA helps overthrow the democratically-elected Mossadeq government in Iran (which had nationalized the British oil company) leading to a quarter-century of repressive and dictatorial rule by the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi.
1956: U.S. cuts off promised funding for Aswan Dam in Egypt after Egypt receives Eastern bloc arms.
1956: Israel, Britain, and France invade Egypt. U.S. does not support invasion, but the involvement of its NATO allies severely diminishes Washington's reputation in the region.
1958: U.S. troops land in Lebanon to preserve "stability".
early 1960s: U.S. unsuccessfully attempts assassination of Iraqi leader, Abdul Karim Qassim.2
1963: U.S. supports coup by Iraqi Ba'ath party (soon to be headed by Saddam Hussein) and reportedly gives them names of communists to murder, which they do with vigor.3
1967-: U.S. blocks any effort in the Security Council to enforce SC Resolution 242, calling for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in the 1967 war.
1970: Civil war between Jordan and PLO. Israel and U.S. discuss intervening on side of Jordan if Syria backs PLO.
1972: U.S. blocks Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat's efforts to reach a peace agreement with Israel.
1973: Airlifted U.S. military aid enables Israel to turn the tide in war with Syria and Egypt.
1973-75: U.S. supports Kurdish rebels in Iraq. When Iran reaches an agreement with Iraq in 1975 and seals the border, Iraq slaughters Kurds and U.S. denies them refuge. Kissinger secretly explains that "covert action should not be confused with missionary work."4
1975: U.S. vetoes Security Council resolution condemning Israeli attacks on Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.5
1978-79: Iranians begin demonstrations against the Shah. U.S. tells Shah it supports him "without reservation" and urges him to act forcefully. Until the last minute, U.S. tries to organize military coup to save the Shah, but to no avail.6
1979-88: U.S. begins covert aid to Mujahideen in Afghanistan six months before Soviet invasion in Dec.
1979.7 Over the next decade U.S. provides training and more than $3 billion in arms and aid.
1980-88: Iran-Iraq war. When Iraq invades Iran, the U.S. opposes any Security Council action to condemn the invasion. U.S. soon removes Iraq from its list of nations supporting terrorism and allows U.S. arms to be transferred to Iraq. At the same time, U.S. lets Israel provide arms to Iran and in 1985 U.S. provides arms directly (though secretly) to Iran. U.S. provides intelligence information to Iraq. Iraq uses chemical weapons in 1984; U.S. restores diplomatic relations with Iraq. 1987 U.S. sends its navy into the Persian Gulf, taking Iraq's side; an overly-aggressive U.S. ship shoots down an Iranian civilian airliner, killing 290.
1981, 1986: U.S. holds military maneuvers off the coast of Libya in waters claimed by Libya with the clear purpose of provoking Qaddafi. In 1981, a Libyan plane fires a missile and U.S. shoots down two Libyan planes. In 1986, Libya fires missiles that land far from any target and U.S. attacks Libyan patrol boats, killing 72, and shore installations. When a bomb goes off in a Berlin nightclub, killing three, the U.S. charges that Qaddafi was behind it (possibly true) and conducts major bombing raids in Libya, killing dozens of civilians, including Qaddafi's adopted daughter.8
1982: U.S. gives "green light" to Israeli invasion of Lebanon,9 killing some 17 thousand civilians.10 U.S. chooses not to invoke its laws prohibiting Israeli use of U.S. weapons except in self-defense. U.S. vetoes several Security Council resolutions condemning the invasion.
1983: U.S. troops sent to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force; intervene on one side of a civil war, including bombardment by USS New Jersey. Withdraw after suicide bombing of marine barracks.
1984: U.S.-backed rebels in Afghanistan fire on civilian airliner.11
1987-92: U.S. arms used by Israel to repress first Palestinian Intifada. U.S. vetoes five Security Council resolution condemning Israeli repression.
1988: Saddam Hussein kills many thousands of his own Kurdish population and uses chemical weapons against them. The U.S. increases its economic ties to Iraq.
1988: U.S. vetoes 3 Security Council resolutions condemning continuing Israeli occupation of and repression in Lebanon.
1990-91: U.S. rejects any diplomatic settlement of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (for example, rebuffing any attempt to link the two regional occupations, of Kuwait and of Palestine). U.S. leads international coalition in war against Iraq. Civilian infrastructure targeted.12 To promote "stability" U.S. refuses to aid post-war uprisings by Shi'ites in the south and Kurds in the north, denying the rebels access to captured Iraqi weapons and refusing to prohibit Iraqi helicopter flights.13
1991-: Devastating economic sanctions are imposed on Iraq. U.S. and Britain block all attempts to lift them. Hundreds of thousands die. Though Security Council had stated that sanctions were to be lifted once Saddam Hussein's programs to develop weapons of mass destruction were ended, Washington makes it known that the sanctions would remain as long as Saddam remains in power. Sanctions in fact strengthen Saddam's position. Asked about the horrendous human consequences of the sanctions, Madeleine Albright (U.S. ambassador to the UN and later Secretary of State) declares that "the price is worth it."14
1991-: U.S. forces permanently based in Saudi Arabia.
1993-: U.S. launches missile attack on Iraq, claiming self-defense against an alleged assassination attempt on former president Bush two months earlier.15 - TruthExposed, on 01/09/2009, -4/+14Well lets see, overthrowing and establishing the new government in Iran once, Iraq 2x, supporting the Islam enforcing Woman torturing govt of Iran, etc etc. All roughly what the USSR wanted to with the West.
You are right; we have done nothing to them. The 9/11 commission was 100% wrong. They should LOVE us for the bombs we drop on them to when they resist the rearranging of their countries.
Spend some time in the Middle East, and talk to the locals. They don't actually like it. - TruthExposed, on 01/09/2009, -2/+12Forgiveness, or forgetting an event with time is not prevalent in most Middle Eastern Cultures. Just look at the Iraqi response to Mongolians - and how long ago was that?
Why not just leave them alone? We don't need to take a position on everything - that in itself is the problem. - rv361162, on 01/10/2009, -1/+11He speaks from the hip and only has 2 minutes to simply educate the house on a 3rd graders level.
I think he does a damn good job! - yacinebouatrous, on 01/10/2009, -0/+9they did create it Hamas, not exactly created but helped them grow.
here in France, in national TV news, they explained what is hamas. and it's very reliable channels, not some propaganda - Willtheway, on 01/09/2009, -5/+14troll
- flashingcurser, on 01/09/2009, -2/+11I agree with you that we have done some terrible things in the middle east. No question about it. If we admit that the entire mess is our fault, how long does it take for Arab-Muslims & Persian-Muslims to forgive our wrong doing? Remember supplanting the Iranian Republic happened 50+ years ago, in less than half that time we began normalizing relations with Vietnam. If there is no way we can be forgiven for our past in the middle east, then what do we do? And one thing I'm somewhat curious about, if you cannot support a government that suppresses women then conversely can you support the nation that has the highest regard for womens rights in the world? (Israel) Also, does doing bad things in one Muslim nation condemn us forever with all of the others? ie why should Jordan care what we do in Iran?
The questions aren't "gotcha's" just the the next logical step after assigning the blame. - TruthExposed, on 01/10/2009, -4/+13"Saying they've been "debunked" is meaningless."
It is a statement about a historical fact.
"1. I do. 2. Says you."
1. Most people want substance in leadership, but you are free to go for the hollywood show if you want.
2. Says me, Mr. 9/11 who ran against him, and the after debate polls.
The Marque and Reprisal Act is entirely constitutional. Letters of Marque and Reprisal are specifically authorized by the US Constitution as a tool for the situation the US is in now.
I am glad you are keeping an open mind on the other 2. Read the 10th Amendment. - like2, on 01/10/2009, -2/+11My heart melts when I hear the truth, thank you dr. Paul. i feel your frustration!
Hey America, THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL!! - kemp34, on 01/10/2009, -1/+9Nihilists have been known to dislike folks who actually care about the principles of our Constitutional Republic.
- kemp34, on 01/10/2009, -2/+10The dude's comment was "more Ron Paul Spam. But I repeat myself..." and you are telling me to stick to the issues. Funny.
- kemp34, on 01/10/2009, -5/+13Dude your name is based on an organization that has been fully rebuked as having infiltrated and disrupted honest, peaceful anti-war groups. Why should anybody listen to anything you ever say?
- kemp34, on 01/10/2009, -1/+9Ya motha!
- inactive, on 01/10/2009, -2/+10How unusual. A post from you that further proves you to be the dim witted individual that you are.
- TruthExposed, on 01/09/2009, -4/+11The USA has not gone at this alone. Read your history books & see what I told Hortnon.
- inactive, on 01/10/2009, -3/+10WOW Hortnon hears a Who...
in your haste to digg down and insult you read too fast... I posted that the majority of informed citizens can see this. I doubt you will feel foolish for your blunder though... I doubt you do very much deep thinking. - kemp34, on 01/10/2009, -2/+9Oh so confusing...
- TruthExposed, on 01/13/2009, -2/+9Character, knowledge, political courage, etc.
- TruthExposed, on 01/13/2009, -2/+9"His Act would've made companies like Blackwater in Iraq the norm."
Maybe for a little while until Osama was killed or captured.
"State's rights do not trump individual rights when it comes to the Constitution."
I agree.
What Paul achieved is not relevant. Einstein achieved little after his early years. Lincoln achieved nothing before becoming the president other than numerous election losses. Past achievements have little to do with future achievements. You need to measure a persons potential. - inactive, on 01/10/2009, -1/+8You are most certainly an abscess. Nice handle choice.
- TruthExposed, on 01/12/2009, -2/+9I had better things to do Sunday.
Congress has the authority to delegate their responsibilities. I wish they would not do as they have been doing in this current day and age, but that authority is implicit.
"So a politician and a self-selecting poll decided? Oh great then it's decided."
yes, a poll does reflect who the people think win a debate
"He isn't substance. He is failure. What has he achieved?"
If you really prefer charisma to substance and ability, then I hope you never get to make hiring decisions for Boeings engineers.
Paul achieved quite a bit relative to most other candidates, and past achievements are a poor indicator of future performance. - TruthExposed, on 01/09/2009, -8/+14When was he honest about his newsletters? Was it when he said he didn't know who wrote them or when the person had been disciplined?
Newsletters have been debunked, and, is he a racist if the statistics were true?
He is a powerful-ly poor speaker. Stuttering all over the place and barely able to make a coherent point.
1. Who cares if he is not charasmatic, and 2. That must be why he won all the debates.
And he most definetely has not taken the side of the Constitution -
Look at his Letters of Marque and Reprisal Act, We the People Act, and Sanctity of Life Act
Read the Constitution. You are wrong on this one. - e1evene1even, on 01/10/2009, -2/+8Yeah, instead of taking the time to thoroughly understand the issues and actually read the bills he votes on, he should've been taking classes on public speaking, body language, and NLP...
- TruthExposed, on 01/12/2009, -0/+6http://digg.com/world_news/Ron_Paul_There_s_Too_Mu ...
- inactive, on 01/10/2009, -2/+8I notice that you have problems making coherent posts. Time to up your meds.
- TruthExposed, on 01/12/2009, -2/+7"Read the 14th Amendment."
Why? -
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