I do agree with Tfred about Paul not understanding jihad and their desire to create a world wide caliphate as well as their eschatology.
but....the video....did you watch it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8NhRPo0WAo
I do agree with Tfred about Paul not understanding jihad and their desire to create a world wide caliphate as well as their eschatology.
Yes I watched it and it shows that Ron Paul still thinks they are just mad at us because of our policies and intervention.
But just to stay on track, this post is about the fact that the other contenders are not even going to be on the ballot. That is simply wrong.
TFred
The ones who did got it wrong. Don't follow the rules. Don't get on the ballot. Seems like a pretty simple concept. It's not as if VA said they don't want them on the ballot. If they had tried and done it right they'd be on the ballot.
If you're gonna be mad, be mad at the right thing - at the candidates that screwed up.
So you DON'T think they're still mad about that? You think it is 110% purely religion? You think the fact that we've been over there for decades has nothing to do with it?
Like I said before, if Iran is such a huge threat congress can declare war and Ron Paul supports their ability to do so. Write your representatives and tell them you want a war, we shouldn't be choosing presidents based off of if they will go to war on their own deciding.
Ron Paul agrees, Iran getting a nuke is dangerous.
Cold war was apples and oranges. The Soviets didn't want to die any more than we do. You can't make that same claim for the Iranians. In fact they WANT to die... to bring their end-times to pass.
You can love Ron Paul all you want to. He will never be president of the United States. To support him is to support the reelection of Obama. It's that simple. The sad fact is that the "muddle in the middle" of the ideological spectrum are now who choose the president. Ron Paul will never win that vote.
TFred
Ron Paul is so crazy it makes my eyes cross. I think he'd make a worse president than Obama (and that's saying a lot)! Someone made the comment (and it's true), if Ron Paul had been the President in 1941, he never would have let Congress declare war against Hitler's crew. My candidates would be Romney, Gingrich, Bachmann, and Santorum, in that order. If Huntsman were the Repub. Candidate, I'd probably hold my nose and vote for him. But if Ron Paul were the candidate against Obama, I'd probably not vote.
No I think it is probably 80-90% religion and the other 10-20% political.
I agree that the constitutional way to declare war is fine and propper. I just wish Ron Paul understood the religious aspect of the problem to give me more confidence in how he would handle foreign policy.
I agree with Ron Paul in many ways and would vote for him over most of the other Republican candidates. Iowa will be very interesting to see if he can pull out a win and have the media totally ignore that!!! ;-)
If you believe the problem is religious, than the only logical solution is to exterminate all the followers of that religion. However, this is clearly unacceptable for moral, philosophical, and practical reasons.
The thinking man realizes that many religions, including Judaism and Christianity, contain calls to treat those of other faiths as lesser beings, and even to kill them in some cases. The thinking man also recognizes that the majority of modern followers of these religions do not buy into that. Finally, he accepts that even if a small minority of believers are radicalized, from a practical standpoint, their capabilities for destruction are limited, provided that we do not expose ourselves (i.e. voluntarily put brave young and women in harm's way, in an unstable part of the world, for no pressing national interest).
Point of information: Iran has not started a war in over two centuries. They have never been colonized (the only country in the region to make that claim), and never launched foreign invasions.
They want to keep it that way.
I salute the Virginia GOP for following the rules. In the 2008 general election, The Libertarian Party ticket of Barr/Root was the only candidate legally qualified for the Texas ballot. Texas put McCain and Obama on the ballot anyway. The LP sued, and the Texas Surpreme Court ignored the law and threw out the suit without even a word of explanation.
At least Virginia is following the law here.
You can't make that same claim for the Iranians. In fact they WANT to die... to bring their end-times to pass.
They fund and support Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria and to some degree Al Queda. They mainly (smartly) use proxies to do their dirty work so they can have some reasonable deniability in responsibility.
The medes and persians overthrew Babylon a long time ago so I would consider that a foreign invasion.
...My first pick was Michelle Bachman but I actually signed a Herman Cain petition to get him on the ballot at a Hampton gun show...
They mainly (smartly) use proxies to do their dirty work so they can have some reasonable deniability in responsibility.
Yes I watched it and it shows that Ron Paul still thinks they are just mad at us because of our policies and intervention.
The muslims by their religion yearn for the house of islam to take over and control the whole world. Their prophecies for the mahdi match the biblical prophecies for the anti-christ very closely (both reign for 7 years, kill jews).
A moderate muslim believes those things will happen "eventually" whereas a radical believes they will happen "soon" with their help.
Iran's leaders have said that they are willing to commit national suicide if it will bring the mahdi back. So Mutual Assured Destruction is not something that will work with islam like it did the soviet union.