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  • Ron Paul's antiwar position is simpleminded
    • mraine January 6, 2012 at 11:15 am with 2 replies

      "In short, Ron Paul is a simpleminded fool on 90% (at least) of the issues, domestic and foreign. There have been no good consequences or byproducts of his candidacy, he has worsened the already abysmal US political discourse..."
      I completely disagree! I am not a Ron Paul fan, but I applaud his attempts to bring a greater depth of understanding to our world engagements. For example, Yes - Saddam became a great threat to his own people and peace in the region. But most of the American public is not aware that the United States in our infinite wisdom, brought and set up Saddam in power in the first place! Another example, think Iran hates us? They used to love us - until we joined the British in taking down their democratic government (that wouldn't play by OUR rules) in order to suck oil from their country. Now Paul takes this and seems to move toward a more isolationist policy which I believe is the wrong tactic. However, I wish the news media would pay more attention to the issues he brings up and help force the dialogue among the candidates to go deeper than the mini sound-bytes we are force fed.

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