GOP Debate Audience Boos "The Golden Rule"

I don't want a president who wants to nuke the ***out of everything that moves. However, I also don't want a president who is adamant about NEVER bombing anyone. I can't watch the video and hear the connotation or inflections because I'm at work, but I would HOPE that is the concept.

Even if a presidential candidate feels that they will absolutely never engage in military conflict, they should absolutely never say it. It's like painting a giant sign on the borders of the US saying "do whatever you like, we'll be a pushover about it". I don't want the US to be the police for the world, nor do I think we should get involved in half of the matters we do. I do think that we shouldn't let everyone in the world know that we have no intention to get involved.

Somehow I doubt he's all about no military action whatsoever. He's more about not provoking countries with heavy sanctions and whatnot (bombs, etc.).

Paul's views are generally attributed to those of non-interventionism, which is the belief that the United States should avoid entangling alliances with other nations, but still retain diplomacy, and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense. Paul is quoted as stating "America [should] not interfere militarily, financially, or covertly in the internal affairs of other nations", while advocating "open trade, travel, communication, and diplomacy with other nations". Ronald Reagan spoke in support of Paul's foreign policy views in the early 1980s, stating "Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country." Daniel Ellsberg, famous for releasing the Pentagon Papers, has said of Paul in 2010: "On foreign policy, on the Constitution, on Homeland Security, on intervention, he speaks very well." Ohio Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich has said that he and Paul "agree tremendously on international policy".

Non-intervention

Paul's stance on foreign policy is one of consistent non-intervention, opposing wars of aggression and entangling alliances with other nations.

Paul advocates bringing troops home from U.S. military bases in Korea, Japan, and Europe, among others. He also proposes that the U.S. stop sending what he deems massive, unaccountable foreign aid. The National Journal labeled Paul's overall foreign policies in 2010 as more conservative than 60% of the House and more liberal than 40% of the House (53% and 47%, respectively, in 2009). For 2008, his ratings were 57% more conservative and 42% more liberal (48% and 52%, respectively, in 2007).

In an October 11, 2007 interview with The Washington Post, Paul said, "There's nobody in this world that could possibly attack us today... we could defend this country with a few good submarines. If anybody dared touch us we could wipe any country off of the face of the earth within hours. And here we are, so intimidated and so insecure and we're acting like such bullies that we have to attack third-world nations that have no military and have no weapons."

Understood. Don't mind me then.

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I have a feeling those people Booing were paid to boo to make Ron Paul look bad.





At least I'm hoping they were.

Politics on FFXIAH forums really? /fp

Politics on FFXIAH forums really? /fp

Politics on FFXIAH forums really? /fp

I think american politics is funny.

Every election its more or less the exact same candidate in terms of policy and then people *** and *** that nothing changes. Only an idiot keeps trying the same experiment and expects different results.

i would definitely back ron paul if he wasn't an isolationist as i like his domestic policy. it's just his foreign policy that scares the crap out of me. we tried the isolationist thing before in the 30s, how did that work out for the world?

American Politics has more or less come down to this in a nutshell.