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Well then go vote in a Republican primary.
The "sanctions are bad" schtick is going to go over really well in the GOP primaries.
Funny you threw in a bunch of BS ontop of the 'legal' BS... like the US sending in military of some flavor.
But back to the legality is Quebec a semi-autonomous region with it's own Parliament? Was it recently attached to the rest of Canada? Does the US have 16,000 troops stationed there? Was the USofA in Quebec for centuries?
The Kurds in Iraq are a better place to try and explain the 'legalities'. Quebec has been part of Canada for centuries, the Crimea has not been part of the Ukraine for centuries.
Funny you threw in a bunch of BS ontop of the 'legal' BS... like the US sending in military of some flavor.
But back to the legality is Quebec a semi-autonomous region with it's own Parliament? Was it recently attached to the rest of Canada? Does the US have 16,000 troops stationed there? Was the USofA in Quebec for centuries?
The Kurds in Iraq are a better place to try and explain the 'legalities'. Quebec has been part of Canada for centuries, the Crimea has not been part of the Ukraine for centuries.
According to that nutbag, other nations can do anything but if the US so much as sneezes it's an "act of war".
At this point, one would think everyone is aware of his lunacy. Yet, some people still take his comments on foreign policy as legit. :screwy
He and his son exist on the backs of idiots. Obviously, they know it. They're just manipulating stupid gullible people and providing fodder for wannabe jihadists.
Someone is going to have to explain this more to me as I don't seem to get it. Crimea voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia. That's their right, no? I am sure there is some behind the scenes going on here, I just don't know enough about the situation I guess.
Economic sanctions are an act of war.
I'll put it in a context for you, closer to home. Here in Canada, the Province of Quebec has been talking separation for a few decades now and actually had several votes on the matter, which failed. Our Supreme Court ruled several years back that a vote on a Province separating now has certain rules that must be followed before it's legit - as well as certain consequences, such as assuming share of the national debt, creation of their own currency, etc.
Now, if the Quebec Provincial government (insert Crimea's Provincial government for context) decided to ignore the federal government and supreme court's rules for a referendum authorizing separation and held such a vote within a week or two, the vote to separate would have no legal basis or grounds for being recognized as legitimate. Add to that, if US militias - quasi US military troops - flooded into the Province of Quebec and managed the vote, threatened the populace, and the US Congress passed a law authorizing US intervention in the vote and the US President talked up Quebec joining the US, you would then have a situation similar to what's happening in Crimea and the Ukraine these days.
Being the non-interventionist that he is, should we be really surprised? What type of intervention ISN'T an act of war to him?
According to that nutbag, other nations can do anything but if the US so much as sneezes it's an "act of war".
At this point, one would think everyone is aware of his lunacy. Yet, some people still take his comments on foreign policy as legit. :screwy
He and his son exist on the backs of idiots. Obviously, they know it. They're just manipulating stupid gullible people and providing fodder for wannabe jihadists.
Nah he's just a batty old man. My late grandfather was the same way, down to the ideology. They even looked alike. Smartest man I ever met, a nuclear researcher and a college professor, but outright batty. I have no doubt Ron Paul believes every word he says, passionately. He's that kind of mad scientist, where the line between crazy and genius are somewhat blurred.
Rand is combining two favorites: congress and frivolous lawsuits. Who's voting for these wackjobs. I'll tell ya, CTers. That's one group all over the 'sue the nsa' and 'close all foreign bases'. Militias. Unabombers...
The Crimea was not a majority of Russians for centuries. Stalin removed (and killed) most non-Russians in Crimea - which of course you believe is an entirely legitimate way to declare a territory rightly is yours - and, of course, since you support separate-but-equal ethnic segregation which country a person is with should be based upon their ethnicity.
Rand Paul has a zero percent chance of ever being president. Never gonna happen. He is just a two bit congressman from a rural state and that's all he'll ever be. Frankly, he's not a bad guy, just not presidential material.
Rand Paul has a zero percent chance of ever being president. Never gonna happen. He is just a two bit congressman from a rural state and that's all he'll ever be. Frankly, he's not a bad guy, just not presidential material.
And what if the 'Oui' side had won tha night...it almost did? Parizeau was apparently going of immediately declare Quebec a nation. And what could Ottawa have done about it...nothing. Send in troops? No chance.
I don't care what the Supreme Court said or what guidelines Chrétien got through...IMO, if 50%+1 of the vote goes for separation...then that means they should be able to separate.
And the Ukrainian constitution is not as 'reasonable' as Canada's on the subject. To my knowledge, even if 100% of Crimeans wanted to separate...they cannot without Kiev's say so...that is ridiculous.
If a state/province votes to leave, they should be able to leave...no matter what the constitution says.
And the whole thing is absurd.
Obama and the west vilify this legal referendum (even if it was held under far less then ideal circumstances).
But they immediately praise and recognize the illegal overthrow of a legally-elected government in Kiev.
This is hypocrisy...pure and simple.
I don't like Putin and I would have liked some international observers on the ground for the referendum...but the results are in, the people have chosen.
And as far as I am concerned, the Crimea should be allowed to do as it's people voted to do on this...join Russia.
I believe Ron Paul to be consistent here, if only consistently irrelevant. When in Congress, I believe Ron Paul also characterized sanctions against Iran and North Korea as "acts of war" - does anyone believe that the US is at war with Iran and/or North Korea?
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