Let Us Win, Troops Tell a Trembling Ron Paul Through John McCain
The proverbial gauntlet had been thrown down, even if not by the most popular of Republican candidates. The track record of Ron Paul, though he adamantly denied his isolationism on the stage, speaks well for itself, and his attempts to deny his ideals in this regard were drowned out by simple boos for his attempts to backpedal. When all hope seemed lost on defending his position, he downright conceded to the only card he knows how to play: he promised to withdraw the troops from Iraq.
The damage had been done, however, and his final statements met with either silence, or outright distasteful boos.
The challenge to Ron Paul's isolationism was something that had long been discussed over the internet blogosphere, but to see it so clearly displayed on the CNN-YouTube debates finally brought to the mainstream the largest problem with the "last hope for America". Ron Paul has become a firestorm candidate for those who see in him the chance to live through an X-Files style of America, generally believing any number of theories ranging from America's attacking itself on 9/11, to a variance on the North American Union issue, which Ron Paul dodged deftly during the debates.
Most of Ron Paul's support comes from internet groups and blogs, which flood the internet with advertisements for him ranging from simple viral advertisements across websites and YouTube to splash images on wildly popular multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2. For all of his confidence in these private meetings however, the isolationist candidate was visibly shaken when called out on his pre-World War II style foreign policy ambitions.
Among Dr. Paul's many positions include a massive withdrawal from the Middle East, misapplying the term blowback in his attempts to justify an immediate retreat from Iraq.
Posed with a public challenge, Ron Paul did not appear to have any true answer to McCain's challenge - outside of his own shock that he was finally called out on such a bizarre and unacceptable foreign policy.
Published by Chadd De Las Casas
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15 Comments
Post a CommentWho gets the most money support from Military? oh ya, Ron Paul... Actions speak louder than words
oh and one more thing.. they havent heard of Ron Paul because the media hates him because hes against their interests... he won 10 percent of the vote in Iowa which is pretty damn good considering the media doesnt like to promote him... Its time to use logic and reasoning and not just anger about 9/11
The troops don't want to be there either.. just because John McCain said the troops told him they want to win this war, you believe that they all want to be over there? For every soldier who said let us win this war i bet you could find 50 who want to come home... and your right these terrorist want to kill us but think of why they hate us.. do you honestly think they hate us because were free? Come on people.. they hate us because we've been over there.. we've been bombing Iraq for over ten years and have been meddling in middle eastern affairs and they dont like it... Big media is a tool to trick the people into believing what ever Big Government and Big business want you to believe.
The troops will have to suffice, since most polls show that the other 49% of the country haven't even heard of the damn fool.
PS...the troops told Ron Paul alright...they told him by personally donating more money to him than to any other candidate EVER. Sounds like they like Dr. Paul's message more than McCain's. Go figure?!
Well, Michelle's opinion is > all of yours anyway, so...
Can't go on like this? By God we've only just recovered from the idiotic Ron Paulian notions of the 30's that McCain accurately labeled as being part and parcel to allowing atrocities like, I don't know, World War II to happen.
I don't know what Debate you were watching but Dr. Paul never wavered or flip flopped on any issue...especially on his foreign policy. This candidate stands by his word and show the integrity that America used to stand for. The only thing he is advocating in his foreign policy is to stop using our military to coerce the world into marching lock step with what we(U.S.A./politicians/corporations)want. He is otherwise in favor of trade and dialog with any and every nation. He is not in favor of Nation Building, Policing the World, and Bully Tactics. We can't afford to go on like this and he is the only candidate that seems to realize or admit to it.
Since the second part of your comment was laced with denial, it comes as no surprise that the first part was too.
I'm no Ron Paul supporter, but I watched the debate, and he hardly trembled. And I hate to break it to you, but the troops are in no more of a position to make the decision of whether this war is the best thing for our country than you or I. Most are kids, and many generals have spoken out and said this war is unwinnable, and that it's time to bring them home.