“Many people have the misconception that sanctions are an effective means to encourage a change of behavior in another country without war. However, imposing sanctions and blockades are not only an act of war according to international law, they are most often the first step toward a real war starting with a bombing campaign. Sanctions were the first step in our wars against Iraq and Libya, and now more sanctions planned against Syria and Iran are leading down the same destructive path.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) latest report, just out this month, there is no evidence that Iran has diverted enriched uranium from the peaceful and lawful generation of power toward building a nuclear weapon. According to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has every right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Unfortunately, US foreign policy has boxed Iran into a corner where they may view development of a nuclear weapon as the only way to maintain sovereignty. They are surrounded by unfriendly nuclear powers and history has shown that having a nuclear weapon is the best way to avoid being bombed or invaded. The unintended consequences of our confrontational policies toward Iran may be to actually encourage them to seek nuclear weapons capabilities. We should be using diplomacy rather than threats and hostility.”
That’s actually remarkably coherent ! imo
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makes perfect sense alf44
RP has a lot of common sense that has unfortunately, become uncommon
Ron Paul has well articulated ideas, but he looks like Timothy Leery and when he tries to speak in front of crowds he raises his voice, gets high pitched and sounds a little bit like Ross Perot… What’s worse, he always ends up closing on a negative, to which people cheer to making the people who cheer sound crazy.
For example if they asked him if there was a correlation between wars and other atrocities he would end with “and that’s why there is rape and murder in wars” to which people would cheer. It really fucks up his chances when you force people to cheer for stupid shit, he really needs to learn to close on a positive. He’s much better in an interview format than at a debate.
Hold on a second… are you all nuts?
Paul is presuming good faith in a terrorist state that has not earned it.
Fact — Iran is one of the top terrorist financiers in the globe
Fact — Iran has initiated terrorist attacks on Israeli embassies OUTSIDE the middle east (in South America, for gawd’s sakes)
Fact — Iran finances a proxy war with Israel through the modus of its own hired terrorist army in Hezbollah in Lebanon
Fact — the President of Iran has many times made clear that Iran’s chief foreign policy aim is the erasure of the Israeli state.
Now c’mon folks, I’m not even Jewish! We are dealing with some serial nutbags here. You think it’s okay to give a crazy person a gun?
Not in your backyard, I’m gonna bet.
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