From an Army Captain's Point of View

My Endorsement of Dr. Paul - US Army Captain

Submitted by PKnuckle101 on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 00:04

I’ve spent the past 8 months talking to my friends and family about Dr. Ron Paul and now that many of them have been won over, I appeal to you. The economic doldrums that our country are mired in is arguably the first problem the government should solve—and that solution sounds something like the surf boarding advice from the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall: “Do less.”

A recovery out of this recession has been prevented by the impending regulations of Obamacare and the guarantee of future tax increases due to deficit spending. The teetering economy will only get worse under the crush of $15 TRILLION in National Debt. So, how many Republican presidential candidates plan to deal with this looming disaster? One. Ron Paul is the ONLY one with a plan to balance the budget in his first term and cut $1 Trillion in his first year. You can see the full plan at ronpaul2012.com.

Worried about his foreign policy? I understand. If I had not been deployed to Iraq in 2009, and seen what the foreign policy we now have actually looks like on the ground, I would worry about it too. However, after proudly serving 5 years in the US Army (with another 4 years to go) I am convinced that our interventionist foreign policy makes us less safe. Not just less safe overseas—less safe here in America. So take it from a West Point Graduate with a degree in Military Science: Ron Paul’s non-interventionist foreign policy is good for our National Defense.

But, if you can’t swallow that pill, try this one. Is our $15,000,000,000,000 that we owe our lenders a National Security threat? Greece and Italy recently had virtual coups because of their suffocating debt. That’s America in 10 years if we don’t address our monetary policy and deficit spending. And if you want to address our debt and you want a balanced budget (as 74% of Americans do, according to CNN)—you can’t also have trillions of dollars in foreign aid, military spending, and entitlement spending. Look at the numbers, it’s just not feasible. And once you accept that we must stop being policemen of the world, rest easy knowing that you are in the company of Presidents Washington and Eisenhower.

Dr. Paul has been criticized recently for passing few bills during his tenure in Congress. I see this as a compliment, not a critique. When we have a congress with 9% approval rating, a Congressman that is doing the opposite of his colleagues is probably listening to the will of the people—and the American people are saying “Less laws, not more. Less wars, not more.”

Ron Paul is electable (see recent polls that have him tied with Obama—same as Mitt Romney) and is the only candidate that can bring droves of independents and anti-war Democrats into the Republican fold to beat Obama. Republicans are right in saying we can’t afford another Obama term—now they must realize we can’t afford anything but a Paul Presidency.

- CPT Joshua McCarver is an Infantry Officer stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. He is a 2007 United States Military Academy Graduate with a degree in Military Art and Science. He served in Iraq from October 2009-July 2010 with the 3rd Infantry Division. His opinion is his own and it does not represent the views of the Department of Defense.

ADDITION: wrote this last night and didn't imagine it would be so quickly or so well received. BUT you're here because you already believe. Please send this to any friends or family that are on the fence and your local newspapers (no major national ones please). They can email joshua.mccarver@gmail.com to confirm identity of the author. Thanks.