Foreign Policy Tidbits

I want you to know that sincerely his foreign policy was the most troublesome for me at first. But truly the more I learn about Ron Paul's foreign policy vs. the US foreign policy, the more it makes sense and the more flawed, dangerous, immoral, and super sad the US's foreign policy is. I think foreign policy may be my most important issue now because it is so deeply connected with everything else, the economy, our civil liberties, preserving the American way of life and truly having a strong America. It aligns with the council of prophets, scripture, Christianity, and the founders' philosophy - at least the admonition of George Washington in his farewell address. Here are some facts that may help if you have not heard them before:

-Ron Paul gets over 3 times as many donations from active duty military than all the other Republican candidates combined and almost double what Obama gets. This tells you that the troops support him, so maybe we should support the troops in the way they are asking for with their paychecks.

-This article came out about Iran -
Check out the well-written story here:
http://milwaukeestory.com/index.php/2011/12/19/pentagon-says...
And the Department of Defense report from 2010 here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30277432/DoD-Unclassified-Report-o...
Key quotes:
"Iran's nuclear program and its willingness to keep open the possibility of developing nuclear weapons is a central part of its deterrent strategy."
"At present Iran's forces are sufficent to deter or defend against conventional threats from Iran's weaker neighbors such as post-war Iraq, the GCC, Azerbaijan or Afghanistan but lack the air power and logistical ability to power much beyond Iran's boarders or to confront regional powers such as Turkey or Israel."
So our own govt admits what Ron Paul has been saying: Iran does not have the capabilities to attack, but they keep in mind the possibility of a nuclear weapon because they feel threatened. Our current foriegn policy encourages them to want a nuke.   
-We are currently giving 3x as much foreign aid to Israel's surrounding enemies as we are to Israel, so cutting all foreign aid would actually help Israel, who has 300 nukes of its own and is pretty capable of defending itself and makimg its own decisions. See following video:  http://www.dailypaul.com/193159/ben-swann-reality-check-is-ron-paul-really-anti-israel

-Ron Paul voted in favor of authorizing the President to go after those responsible for the attacks on 9/11. He is not weak on defense, he realizes that there are times to fight. He wrote a bill to declare war against Iraq up or down (he voted against his own bill because he felt the Iraq war was unjustified) because he wanted it to be legal if we were gonna go in there. Guess what, the bill did not pass. He's in favor of going to war when Congress and the people declare it, but he is strongly opposed to illegal wars. He feels we need to get out of Afghanistan because the President went way beyond what he was Congressionally authorized to do. These unconstitutional wars will bankrupt us and destroy the dollar and that is probably the biggest threat to our way of life and future generations.

-al Qaeda and the Taliban are anti-American because we are occupying their lands. The only way to know this is to look at our history in the region and to ask the troops who are in the middle of it. Even if you don't believe this, the terrorists are still winning because of our Congress and administration destroying our Constitution to "protect" us from the terrorist threat i.e. the Patriot Act, the newly passed NDAA defense appropriations bill, the invasive policies of the TSA, the constant keeping us in fear and encouragement from Homeland Security "if you see something, say something" to keep us divided and suspicious of each other. We can't live like this anymore! Especially in these awful economic times when 50% of the population is at or below the poverty level! It's gonna start getting ugly if we don't put an end to the deceit and destruction of our Constitution and start focusing on our problems here at home. We need these brave soldiers at home defending their families, not perpetuating war and killing and violence unnecessarily.