by Ron Paul
Even as a major hurricane hits America’s eastern seaboard, the administration is determined to expand the war in Libya while threatening the regime in Syria. Is there any limit to government’s appetite to create more problems for our nation and economy?
Americans may be tempted to celebrate the apparent victory of US and NATO backed rebels in Libya, since it seems the Gaddafi regime is overthrown. But I believe any enthusiasm for our Libyan misadventure is premature.
The Obama administration attacked Libya without a constitutional declaration of war, without congressional authorization, without meaningful consultation with Congress — and without a dollar being authorized from the House or Senate. It was a war started by a president who turned to the United Nations for its authority and ignored the authority of the US Congress.
Are we better off as a nation by ignoring and debasing our Constitution? Are we better off having spent more than a billion dollars attacking a country thousands of miles away that had not threatened us? Are we more financially sound having expanded the empire to include yet another protectorate and probable long-term military occupation? Are we more admired throughout the world for getting involved in yet another war?
Still, many will claim that getting rid of Libyan ruler Gaddafi was worth it. They will say that the ends justify the means. As the civilian toll from NATO bombs adds up in a war started under the guise of protecting a civilian population, even the initial argument for intervention is ridiculous. We should not forget that there were no massacres taking place in Libya before the NATO attack. The attack was a dubbed a preventative humanitarian intervention. But as soon as NATO planes started bombing, civilians started dying.
Gaddafi may well have been a tyrant, but as such he was no worse than many others that we support and count as allies. Disturbingly, we see a pattern of relatively secular leaders in the Arab world being targeted for regime change with the resulting power vacuum being filled by much more radical elements. Iraq, post-Saddam, is certainly far closer to Iran than before the US invasion. Will Libya be any different?
We already see grisly reprisals from the US-backed rebels against their political opponents. There are disturbing scenes of looting and lawlessness on the part of the rebels. We know that some rebel factions appear to be allied with Islamic extremists and others seem to have ties to the CIA. They also appear to have a penchant for killing each other as well as supporters of the previous regime. The tribal structure of Libyan society all but ensures that an ongoing civil war is on the agenda rather than the Swiss-style democracy that some intervention advocates suggest is around the corner.
What is next after such a victory? With the big Western scramble to grab Libya’s oil reserves amid domestic political chaos and violence, does anyone doubt that NATO ground troops are not being prepared for yet another occupation?
Neo-conservatives continue to dominate our foreign policy, regardless of the administration in power. They do not care that we are bankrupt, as they are too blinded by their desire for empire and their affection for the entangling alliances we have been rightly counseled to avoid. They have set their sights next on Syria, where the US moves steadily toward intervention in another domestic conflict that has nothing to do with the US. Already the US president has called for “regime change” in Syria, while adding new sanctions against the Syrian regime. Are US bombers far behind?
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Since Ron Paul does not support Israel MSM won’t give him a chance, and the electoral college will not vote him in, because so, even if the people do..
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I’m obsessed with his intelligence!:)))
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Ron Paul is Amazing! Vote for him! or live in nazi america
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BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW, REBUILD AMERICA WITH THE MONEY SAVED AND SECURE OUR BORDERS…RON PAUL 2012!!!
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this guy loves usa and its the countries future bring back the good old usa many people need jobs extra enough of the wars time for peace ,vote for what you know is in your heart dont vote like the xfactor ,the whole world wants a future of peace ,nomore fear factor one life thats all you have ,respect all human life understand differance is to respect it ,peace comes from peace makers not oil diggers ,money is the root of all evil wake up folks ron paul has the knowledge to save your country
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Keep on telling the truth Ron, more people are waking up all the time!!!
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VOTE RON PAUL 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMERICA HAS THE OBAMA BLUES
We were promised the troops would be brought home what came down instead was more war and conflict that puts more USA MEN IN HARMS WAY.
AMERICA WAKE UP AND SMELL THE LIES.
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IM CANADIAN AND WANT HIM TO WIN TOO, CAN I DONATE??
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As I see it you got two options in 2012
1. You can bend over and take it from the government once again and have more blood on your hands. Push people further into poverty, maybe see the dollar collapse and have complete anarchy in the streets, which will untimatly end up with martail law and an opressive regim in America.
2. Or you can vote for Ron Paul and be part of history, taking america back from the pirate bankers that robbed you blind for the past 70 years, r3volution.
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Hopefully the good folks of Kentucky will kick his dumb ass son out, too.
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I’m so glad this guy is leaving congress.
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I heard the death toll is aleady around 30,000
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God save us
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another con by the elites….we help europe get oil from a country we were not getting any oil from…we lose and take lives..spending $ we don’t have…and getting nothing in return….the whole world is laughing at our stupidity…IMHO
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I just convinced my parents to VOTE FOR YOU INSTEAD OF A TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN> i hope you tube is writing this down. Its time to shock the world with your victory before our dollar is doomed and our sovereignty is lost
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4:20 is nice.
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The cure for the Obamanation is RON PAUL!!!
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People can yell RON PAUL 2012 from the hills, but I swear to GOD if you all dont get out and PHYSICALLY VOTE for him on election day 2012, WE. WILL. LOSE. OUR. COUNTRY.
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rp 2012
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isn’t obama suppost to be impeached?
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Sir spot on except there were massacres in Libya before we intervened my friends uncle had to leave because of it.
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4:20
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we can do this
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LUCKY NUMBER 7!
Dr. Ron Paul 2012!!!
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beat you your fourth
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sweet i made the first 3 comments!
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3rd
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Just another blowback.
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first, RP2012
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