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Article IndexBY MURRAY SABRIN
COMMENTARY
Despite being asked the least amount of questions at the NBC/Politico debate at the Reagan Library on September 7, Rep. Ron Paul is winning even though he is only third in the national polls. How is that possible? Because the other candidates are sounding more and more like Ron Paul as the primary season unfolds.
On virtually every major issue, the seven dwarfs have taken pages out of the Ron Paul handbook for restoring the American Republic. On military adventurism, some of the candidates sounded like Ron Paul who has been calling for ending the reckless nation building in Afghanistan and Iraq that has cost the American economy trillions of dollars, destroyed property and killed hundreds of thousands military personnel and civilians, and having opposed the illegal military action against Libya.
Although Ron Paul has been a critic of the Federal Reserve since he was first elected to Congress in 1976, Newt Gingrich virtually plagiarized Paul’s critique during the debate. Even Rick Perry plagiarized one of Ron Paul’s criticism–Social Security among many federal government programs is not authorized by the Constitution and young people should be given the opportunity to save for their own retirement so we can end the inter generational chain letter once-and-for-all. On healthcare, Ron Paul, a physician, was not asked a question about the subject, but the other candidates were given the opportunity to go after ObamaCare.
On taxes and spending and government regulation, the seven pretenders claimed to be for limited government but support the welfare-warfare state to one degree or another. On regulation, Ron Paul gave a short answer but missed a golden opportunity to show how the market regulates itself by pointing out that Underwriters Laboratory and Consumers Union provide consumers with non-government information about products so they can make a wise decision in the marketplace.
The illegal and unconstitutional Bush/Obama pre-emptive wars of aggression in the region have not made us safer or enhanced our national security. They have weakened our defense posture and bankrupted our nation. The invasive USA Patriot Act and draconian TSA abuse at the nation's airports have brought the battle front to the American homeland. But the war is not upon enemies abroad but upon the American people and their rights and liberties.
Such actions have unforeseen consequences. The CIA calls it "blowback." Military adventurism and CIA covert actions (such as Operation Ajax, the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat re-installing the Shah whose brutal policies directly led to the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the hostage crisis) have destabilized the region. Our present actions in Iraq have further driven that nation into the hands of these Iranian Shite extremists.
As Mujahedeen ("Soldiers of God"), Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda were a direct consequence of the CIA's massive covert intervention in Afghanistan against the Soviets beginning in the late 1970s under the Carter administration, continuing unabated under Reagan through the 1980s. Military adventurism bankrupted and destroyed the Soviet empire. It is doing the same to our American empire.
Millions of grassroots Americans from all political parties and all walks of life and backgrounds have recognized that twelve term Congressman Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate seriously addressing the crucial linkage between both our unsustainable military presence of 900 overseas bases in 130 countries (and five ongoing undeclared wars), and our unsustainable entitlement system built upon shifting fiscal sand and massive deficit spending.
This fraudulent welfare-warfare state, enabled by covert monetary manipulation by the Federal Reserve, is bankrupting the American people.
We have a national debt approaching fifteen trillion dollars, with outstanding future obligations of $104,000,000,000,000,000 in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Civil Service and Veterans benefits, etc.
America is a constitutional republic, not an empire.
We are not the policeman of the world.
It is time to end the empire, end the wars, and bring the troops home.
It is time for strategic disengagement and nonintervention in the internal affairs of other nations.
It is time to restore peace, prosperity, and freedom to America.
It is time for Ron Paul 2012.
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If you want more of the same Washington, just vote for Perry.
Let us make a difference and be on the right side of history.
Ron Paul for president in 2012!!
I was disapointed in his preformance at the GOP last night. I know he was set up on many occasions but he seemed a little less like Ron Paul last night.
I dont want to see Ron Paul try and attack other candidates. let them come to him. that was he is seen as the good guy he is.
Ron Paul knows many of the problems with government, what he needs is ideas on how it would work if he was president.
For example FEMA. if he had a plan for after Fema thats sounded a little better it would of been easier for him to brush off that attack..
I think the GOP and republicans threw as much dirt as they could at RON last night, its all up hill from here..
why was there no online Poll last night?
Go Ron Paul...
Great article Murray