by Ron Paul
The Palestinian Authority’s recent announcement that it would seek UN recognition as an independent state dominated the news and the political debate in the United States last week, though in truth it should mean very little to us. Only a political class harboring the illusion it can run the world obsesses over the aspirations of a tiny population on a tiny piece of land thousands of miles away. Remember, the UN initiated this persistent conflict with its 1947 Partition Plan.
Unfortunately the debate is dominated by those who either support the Israeli side in the conflict, or those who support the Palestinian desire for statehood. We rarely seem to hear the view of those who support the US side and US interests. I am on that side. I believe that we can no longer police the world. We can no longer bribe the Israelis and Palestinians to continue an endless “peace process” that goes nowhere. It is not in our interest to hector the Palestinians or the Israelis, or to “export” democracy to the region but reject it when people vote the “wrong” way.
I have reservations about the Palestinian drive for UN recognition. Personally I wish the United States would de-recognize the United Nations. As most readers already know, in every Congress I introduce legislation to end our membership in that organization. The UN is a threat to our sovereignty– and as we are the main source of its income, it is a threat to our economic well-being. Increasingly over the past several years, we see the United Nations providing political and legal cover for the military aspirations of interventionists rather than serving as an international forum to preserve peace. Neoconservatives in the US have grown to love the United Nations as they co-opt the organization under the guise of endless “reform.” Under the sovereignty-destroying doctrine of “Responsibility to Protect,” adopted at the 2005 World Summit, the UN takes it upon itself to intervene in internal conflicts of its member states whenever it believes that human rights are being violated. Thus under “Responsibility to Protect,” the UN provides the green light for a kind of global no-knock raid on any sovereign country.
If asked, I would personally counsel the Palestinians to avoid the United Nations. UN membership and participation is no guarantee that sovereignty will be respected. We see what happens to UN members such as Iraq and Libya when those countries’ leaders fall out of favor with US administrations: under US and allied pressure a fig leaf resolution is adopted in the UN to facilitate devastating military intervention. When the UN gave NATO the green light to bomb Libya there was no genocide taking place. It was a purely preventative war. The result? Thousands dead, a destroyed country, and extremely dubious new leaders.
While I do not see UN membership as a particularly productive move for the Palestinian leadership, I do not believe the US should use its position in the UN Security Council to block their membership. I believe in self-determination of peoples and I recognize that peoples may wish to pursue statehood by different means. As we saw after the Cold War, numerous new states were born out of the ruins of the USSR as the various old Soviet Republics decided that smaller states were preferable to an enormous and oppressive multi-national conglomerate.
The real, pro-US solution to the problems in the Middle East is for us to end all foreign aid, stop arming foreign countries, encourage peaceful diplomatic resolutions to conflicts, and disengage militarily. In others words, follow Jefferson’s admonition: “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.”
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there is a poll on the last debate and Ron paul is in second place. It is on Bill Oreilly’s fox news page. Bill said he will announce the winner on his show. Go vote!!
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@don brown I second that. . .
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Check here to see if you must be registered as a Republican in your state to vote for Dr. Paul in the primaries: http://www.fairvote.org/open-and-closed-primaries
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Ron, say it how it is! Playboy Romney and Rick Bush i mean perry, shall hang themselves. Just give them rope. You, IMO have the the juice to swing voters and blue states. Keep saying how it is!
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@Sean Salazar – Don’t bring the juice into this, please.
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I believe in Ron Paul. There is no other chose. Don’t give up Ron Paul. I have your back.
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I’ll back you all the way, Mr President !
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America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great. With the help of a free people, Ron Paul can make us great again.
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I will be at the Cleveland Browns Ron Paul Tailgate Party on 10/2/2011. We have plenty of signs and literature and would love to see any of you “Paultards” (as we get called on the web) there. Message or wall me for more details. If you don’t know what all the fuss is about, go to ronpaul2012.com. No man is perfect. But I would rather see an honest man that maintains his convictions be President than another full of rhetoric and no action. Bring our troops home now! So happy to see all the young people, old people, and in between involved in this truely grass roots revolution.
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Ron Paul is a breath of fresh air! If we followed his military-international policy and his economic policy, our country would be thriving. And other countries would have to look to themselves instead of the US for solutions to their problems. What a fresh perspective…honoring the philosophy of one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson.
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Patrick Bakker, you are more than welcome to stick your hand in your pocket and send what ever you pull out to Africa but, keep your hands out of my pockets. Our government should not be in the business of picking winners or losers in corporations or countries. There are plenty of good non-profit organizations that help around the world that do a much better job.
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Does anyone live in phoenix Arizona I want to put together a rally for Ron paul
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I like most of Ron’s ideas. Ending foreign aid is selfish and stupid. Millions of Africans are dying right now, they can be your future friends or your enemies.
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Earn my vote Ron Paul. How will you stop the spending of hundreds of billions on Illegals from top to bottom.
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President means Commander and Chief of the armed forces. The President can stop the war. Ron Paul will stop the war. Ron Paul 2012.
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I’m from POland and just can dream about such quality that Ron Paul presents. MUCH RESPECT and americna people ..VOTE FOR HIM !
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it’snot enough to say “I’ll Vote Ron Paul”
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and bring all our troops home
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and close down bases that threaten the world
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he has got it right…
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I agree that it’s our job as supporters to talk to ppl about his message & encourage ppl to get out there & vote. Not just wait for it to be narrowed down for us in the big election.
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everyone call the msm and demand he get equal airtime..or more
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IF RON PAUL IS NOT ELECTABLE , HOW DID HE GET WHERE HE IS —IT,S ALL THE MEDIA BOYS AND GIRLS — TIME FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TO WAKE UP.
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wow — campaigning for President by saying exactly the same stuff he’s been saying for 30yrs. Time for Integrity .. Time for PEACE ~♥~
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Pray for Ron Paul .
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People need to do there home work to really understand what go’s on behind the seans .If they would only understand that America as it stands has already been transformed .And the freedoms they think they still have are gone . And more of them as each day passes .But must remember that are freedoms did not come from man but from God .And no matter what they do they can’t take that away .
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ignorant yes,but Ron Paul is VERY CLEAR.it is our jobs as supporters to spread the reality of his message.such as making phone calls for him.they give yo a spread sheet on how to convey /relay his message.i understand your frustration my brother.let us grow stronger in our bond in opening the eyes of our sleeping sheep.
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im a bad typist-sorry
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Ron Paul needs to start speaking in Layman’s terms during these debates if he wants to get recognized by more people. I don’t think he realizes how ignorant most ppl are about his views and maybe if he just said things differently, he’d get through to more PEOPLE.
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Your the man! I people truly used there own thought and stopped acting like sheep we still can save this world!
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@James. That only means that we have to take the initiative to vote in as many independents and libertarians to Congress as we can. We also have to do our homework at the local level as well. Rebuild our government the way it was meant to be…a limited federal government built solely on the Constitution. We’ve lost that along the way with so many people and groups wanting their agendas forced on all the citizens of this country.
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Got to end the wars!
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I like Ron Paul, some say he’s unelectable and thus ignore him, I think he’s better then the 3 stooges. I would give my vote a million times faster then say Perry. We dont need anymore of Perry. Ron keep up the good work!
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i so hope your elected president and actually do what your saying you would do. to many times have we been led on ..god help us all, not just one select group.
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