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Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul says that after more than a decade of war in the Middle East, the United States has learned absolutely nothing.
“For years, many of us had argued the need to get out of Afghanistan,” the Texas Republican writes. “We cannot leave, we were told for all those years. If we leave Afghanistan now, the Taliban will come back! Well guess what, after 12 years, trillions of dollars, more than 2,200 Americans killed, and perhaps more than 50,000 dead Afghan civilians and fighters, the Taliban is coming back anyway!
“We left Iraq after a decade of fighting, and the country is in far worse shape than when we attacked in 2003,” he continued. “After trillions of dollars wasted and tens of thousands of lives lost, Iraq is a devastated, desperate and violent place with a presence of al Qaeda. No one in his right mind speaks of a U.S. victory in Iraq these days. We learned nothing from it.”
Read more: Ron Paul: We've learned nothing from Iraq, Afghanistan - Washington Times
I agree with you Mr.Paul! Our interventionist foreign policy has done little to nothing but destroyed countries, lost American lives, and has generally failed. I think its about time we move away from these failed policies [/FONT][/COLOR]
I agree with Mr. Paul. These wars have been a bad investment for us. So many lives lost, so many newly disabled soldiers to support for the rest of their lives, so much convict within or own country and nobody profited except Haliburton, Blackwater and the like.
I don't advocate isolationism but these ME wars are just stupid. Let them kill each other off. Every time I see a picture of some legless American coming home, I weep.
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Listen to his exact words, and take note of when he said them. He was insightful, he was precise, he was 100% right, and if he was listened to then billions upon billions of dollars (as well as countless jobs) could have been saved. Ron Paul is many things, but he's no stopped clock.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Such is Ron Paul.
Read more: Ron Paul: We've learned nothing from Iraq, Afghanistan - Washington Times
I agree with you Mr.Paul! Our interventionist foreign policy has done little to nothing but destroyed countries, lost American lives, and has generally failed. I think its about time we move away from these failed policies [/FONT][/COLOR]
Read more: Ron Paul: We've learned nothing from Iraq, Afghanistan - Washington Times
I agree with you Mr.Paul! Our interventionist foreign policy has done little to nothing but destroyed countries, lost American lives, and has generally failed. I think its about time we move away from these failed policies [/FONT][/COLOR]
We ignored Germany after WWI and 10 million people paid for it. We ignored radical islam for the better part of two decades and 3000 Americans paid for it. Yeah let's just sit back and sing songs and hope everyone will love us.
And those willing to ignore history for political expediency are condemned to repeat it. It's a catchy phrase to say "no intervention" Afterall no one wants to pay for, few want to do it, and being for "peace" is so easy. All one has to do is put their head in the sand and wait for some radical to come cut it off.
We ignored Germany after WWI and 10 million people paid for it. We ignored radical islam for the better part of two decades and 3000 Americans paid for it. Yeah let's just sit back and sing songs and hope everyone will love us.
Read more: Ron Paul: We've learned nothing from Iraq, Afghanistan - Washington Times
I agree with you Mr.Paul! Our interventionist foreign policy has done little to nothing but destroyed countries, lost American lives, and has generally failed. I think its about time we move away from these failed policies [/FONT][/COLOR]
Is helping the Al Qaeda's really in our best interest?
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