No More Entangling Alliances - Ron Paul

[align=left] No More Entangling Alliances
Ron Paul
Thursday, November 15, 2007[/align]
In the name of clamping down on "terrorist uprisings" in Pakistan, General Musharraf has declared a state of emergency and imposed martial law. The true motivations behind this action however, are astonishingly transparent, as the reports come in that mainly lawyers and opposition party members are being arrested and harassed. Supreme Court justices are held in house arrest after indicating some reluctance to certify the legitimacy of Musharraf's recent re-election.
Meanwhile, terrorist threats on US interests may be more likely to originate from Pakistan, a country to which we have sent $10 billion.
Now we are placed in the difficult position of either continuing to support a military dictator who has taken some blatantly un-Democratic courses of action, or withdrawing support and angering this nuclear-capable country. The administration is carefully negotiating this tight-rope by "reviewing Pakistan's foreign aid package" and asking Musharraf to relinquish his military title and schedule elections.

By the time he complies with the requests of the White House sufficiently to continue to receive his "allowance," courtesy of the American taxpayer, his mission will be accomplished. A more friendly Supreme Court will be installed and enough of the opposition party will be jailed or detained to assure an outcome of the elections that will meet with his approval. All the while, our administration lauds Musharraf as a trusted friend and ally.
So much for a War on Terror. So much for making the world safe for democracy.
Free trade means no sanctions against Iran, or Cuba or anyone else for that matter. Entangling alliances with no one means no foreign aid to Pakistan, or Egypt, or Israel, or anyone else for that matter. If an American citizen determines a foreign country or cause is worthy of their money, let them send it, and encourage their neighbors to send money too, but our government has no authority to use hard-earned American taxpayer dollars to mire us in these nightmarishly complicated, no-win entangling alliances.
When we look at global situations today, the words of our founding fathers are becoming more relevant daily. We need to understand that a simple, humble foreign policy makes us less vulnerable and less targeted on the world stage. Pakistan should not be getting an "allowance" from us and we should not be propping up military dictators that oppress people. We should mind our own business and stop the oppressive taxation of Americans that makes this meddling possible.

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Originally Posted by pisshead

If an American citizen determines a foreign country or cause is worthy of their money, let them send it, and encourage their neighbors to send money too

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UNREAL! So a U.S. citizen should have the right to fund Cuba, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, AL-QUADA if so inclined? How did our "Founding Fathers" feel about Benedict Arnold? Do ya really think they would have permitted a citizen to fund the opposition during these conflicts?

American Revolution (1775â??1783)
Chickamauga Wars (1776-1794)
Northwest Indian War (1785â??1795)
War of 1812 (1811â??1815)
Tecumseh's War (1811â??1813)
Creek War (1813â??1814)
Peoria War (1813)
First Seminole War (1817â??1818)
Winnebago War (1827)
Black Hawk War (1832)

I'll say it again.....there are MANY reasons why NOT to vote for Ron Paul.

Have a good one!:s4:

Pakistan. The new Iraq all over again. How long before we are forced by our crappy foreign policies to invade Pakistan?
We have got to quit being sheep and electing mindless idiots to the presidency to fuck up our foreign relations. 1st thing is to kick Israel loose and let them settle there own disputes without us giving them billions of dollars to be pussies.

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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud

UNREAL! So a U.S. citizen should have the right to fund Cuba, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, AL-QUADA if so inclined?

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It is better then doing so against our will. Our tax dollars goto fund other countries which in turn then go fund our enemies. We might not give money to Iran directly but other countries we deal with do, Like China, Russia, and Kuwait. Why should our tax dollars be funding reconstruction projects and such in foreign countries when our own roads are in piss poor shape and our dollar is tanking. Its well past time America stops being the welfare check and police force of the world.

And I'm sorry but you can not compare a single person like Benedict Arnold who committed treason to a group like Al Quida. As you would say, apples and oranges.

Go read Ron Paul's book "A foreign policy of freedom" and you will see from his speeches that what he was saying in the 70s-90s is true today.