by Ron Paul
As of late Friday the ceasefire in Gaza seems to be holding, if tentatively. While we should be pleased that this round of fighting appears temporarily on hold, we must realize that without changes in US foreign policy it is only a matter of time before the killing begins again.
It feels like 2009 all over again, which is the last time this kind of violence broke out in Gaza. At that time over 1,400 Palestinians were killed, of which just 235 were combatants. The Israelis lost 13 of which 10 were combatants. At that time I said of then-President Bush’s role in the conflict:
It’s our money and our weapons. But I think we encouraged it. Certainly, the president has said nothing to diminish it. As a matter of fact, he justifies it on moral grounds, saying, oh, they have a right to do this, without ever mentioning the tragedy of Gaza…. To me, I look at it like a concentration camp.
The US role has not changed under the Obama administration. The same mistakes continue. As journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote last week:
“For years now, US financial, military and diplomatic support of Israel has been the central enabling force driving this endless conflict. The bombs Israel drops on Gazans, and the planes they use to drop them, and the weapons they use to occupy the West Bank and protect settlements are paid for, in substantial part, by the US taxpayer…”
Last week, as the fighting raged, President Obama raced to express US support for the Israeli side, in a statement that perfectly exemplifies the tragic-comedy of US foreign policy. The US supported the Israeli side because, he said, “No country on Earth would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders.” Considering that this president rains down missiles on Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and numerous other countries on a daily basis, the statement was so hypocritical that it didn’t pass the laugh test. But it wasn’t funny.
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton traveled to Tel Aviv to meet with Israeli prime minister Netanyahu, but she refused to meet with elected Palestinian leaders. Clinton said upon arrival in Israel, “America’s commitment to Israel’s security is rock-solid and unwavering.” Does this sound like an honest broker?
At the same time Congress acted with similar ignobility when an unannounced resolution was brought to the House floor after the business of the week had been finished; and in less than 30 seconds the resolution was passed by unanimous consent, without debate and without most Representatives even having heard of it. The resolution, H Res 813, was so one-sided it is not surprising they didn’t want anyone to have the chance to read and vote on it. Surely at least a handful of my colleagues would have objected to language like, “The House of Representatives expresses unwavering commitment to the security of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state with secure borders…”
US foreign policy being so one-sided actually results in more loss of life and of security on both sides. Surely Israelis do not enjoy the threat of missiles from Gaza nor do the Palestinians enjoy their Israel-imposed inhuman conditions in Gaza. But as long as Israel can count on its destructive policies being underwritten by the US taxpayer it can continue to engage in reckless behavior. And as long as the Palestinians feel the one-sided US presence lined up against them they will continue to resort to more and more deadly and desperate measures.
Continuing to rain down missiles on so many increasingly resentful nations, the US is undermining rather than furthering its security. We are on a collision course with much of the rest of the world if we do not right our foreign policy. Ending interventionism in the Middle East and replacing it with friendship and even-handedness would be a welcome first step.
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how can we when we supply their arms.
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amen to that
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Jew, Romney & Ron Paul –
1. Jewish neocons served under Bush were on Romney’s campaign.
2. Ron Paul had no Jewish neocons.
Conclusion -
No Jew can manipulate Ron Paul to send Americans to war & death for Israel.
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Jew curse Jesus & Christians.
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Both Hamas and Israel commit acts of terror targeting civilians. But the civilians Israel kills are AT LEAST ten times more than those Hamas or any Palestinian resistance groups kill. These are hard facts. And yet Israel and its American lobbies succeed in painting the Palestinian resistance as the bigger terrorist and the real problem. Like Ron Paul said, Gaza is basically a concentration camp. The American public needs to wake up to the kind of “peace” their government is supporting out here.
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no isreali…no israel…final. Go back home
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Read the reasons cited in US Intelligence Community draft report asking to dump Israel (google) – objective and strong points
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I think what they are doing throughout the world is a crime against humanity and they should all be tried for war crimes.
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I think we need to get out of Israel’s way.
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You sound like a man from history that killed millions of jews for the reasons you said above. You may have heard of him…Adolf Hitler ring a bell?
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Hamas ,Jihad and Iran will not stop there and they want to wipe Israel out of the map that is their gaol. That is wrong that Israel steal the Palestinian Land and occupy the Palestinian people but Palestinian must compromise and exchange land for peace by accept the security of Israel. There are reasons and caused why Israel has done this and the Palestinian must stop act of evil .Sorry for both innocent Palestinian and Israeli people have to suffer Hamas must stop act of evil.
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Hamas ,Jihad and Iran will not stop there and they want to wipe Israel out of the map that is their gaol. That is wrong that Israel steal the Palestinian Land and occupy the Palestinian people but Palestinian must compromise and exchange land for peace by accept the security of Israel. There are reasons and caused why Israel has done this and the Palestinian must stop act of evil .Sorry for both innocent Palestinian and Israeli people have to suffer Hamas must stop act of evil.
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You do know Iran contains the largest Jewish community in the western hemisphere outside of Israel right??? A lot of Middle eastern nations have Jewish communities although small, they do exist. Lebanon even rebuilt an historical synagogue after Israel practically flattened Beirut with bombs. If anyone wanted to “wipe” Israel off the face of the map, don’t you think they would start with wiping out the Jewish citizens of their own country?? Open your eyes and think a little deeper my friend,
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When all is said and done the one message that once really studied and understood by the ENTIRE world is The US Constitution was dealt a mortal wound by the Treason hidden within the Trojan Horse called The federal Reserve Banking Act of 1913. Search it and the Balfour Declaration, Hussein McMahon Letters and The UN Resolution To Partition Palestine 1947. And who promoted and then used the UN to TAKE FROM ONE PEOPLES Their Lands Farms Businesses and GIVE TO ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE! “ILLEGAL”
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The Tribe controls the leadership in both parties.
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Jews have taken over Baptist Churches in N.Y. and preach some disgusting and hereticsl war mongering garbage. Some preachers BOAST about their jewish ancestry as they rave about jews being gods chosen seed instead of Jesus. Most don’t even read more than a sentence fragment from the Gospels. They took over our media..banks…churches.
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I like what Michael Scheuer said:
“I hope Israel flourishes! I just don’t think it’s worth an American life or an American dollar.”
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There’s no hope. Jews have completely taken over Baptist Bible Colleges and Churches. They aggressively push some “new” doctrine which actually DENIES the teaching that Jesus fulfilled the prophecies(is the messiah). Apparently jews (not Jesus) are gods chosen seed. No more Christianity. It’s now “Israelanity”.
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his words translate “to wipe zionism from the page of history” not jews/isreali’s or anyone else, just Zionists.
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Read the Balfour Declaration. Study Zionism and what role it has, and is playing in world politics.
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This is one of the best from Ron Paul.
Evict LIEberman, AIPAC, and all other “Foreign Agents” from our government.
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God bless you Ron Paul.. I appreciate your bravery to tell the truth in the middle of such facist murderous jewish run congress of white house
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That’s fine, as long as the US stops aid to the enemies as well. RP has supported Israel’s right to self defence. He was the only 1 who voted in Israel’s favor when Israel took out the Nuclear reactor in Iraq back in the 80′s. He should give the same message here. Israel should be free to make war or peace as a sovereign nation. But here he criticizes US voices supporting Israel’s right to defence against missile attacks against its cities which has been going on 4 12 years!
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Also, I like that saying “Not from his honey and not from his sting”. It’s a great truth.
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I would agree with you. There is absolutely nothing wrong with giving ‘moral’ support to any country truly seeking peace in order for that goal to be obtained.
That being said, in specific reference to those in the liberty movement, I think there are many of us that feel Israel is equally responsible for the perpetual fighting in the area. (Whether that is true or not is another subject, but that is what is often thought) The resulting sentiment among us is non-favoritism between the two sides.
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Why can’t you still be apart of the true christian religion?
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Carl Cameron exposed spy ring 10 years ago, nothing happened
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We give 3 billion annually plus billions in arms because of lobby groups like Aipac, which actually controls many government appointments in our government
This is treason, Israel spies and subverts our government and they should be criminally prosecuted along with the traitors in our government
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We give 3 billion annually plus billions in arms because of lobby groups like Aipac, which actually controls many government appointments in our government
This is treason, Israel spies and subverts our government and they should be criminally prosecuted along with the traitors in our government
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I hope they can come up with a peaceful solution.
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We give 3 billion annually olus billions in arns
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We give 3 billion annually olus billions in arns
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I wish the world would reconsider establishing a Jewish state somewhere else other than in the Middle East. I know it’s been considered before but those proposals were never in earnest.
For the sake of an argument, assume that the entire world were to recognize and accept Israel as a Jewish state. Would this eliminate the hatred among its neighbors? The Middle East is not a region of Western Civilization, yet those whose emigrate to Israel tend to have western ideals. Obvious conflict. Not good.
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Dr.Paul the only person i never disagree about anything. I thought I was the only person, but nope there you folks(: Keep up with the truth!
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Hey, I am for the innocents being massacred by the jews in palestine. I am part native american and my people were massacred by the white europeons. Oh I guess it is okay for me to say white europeans and not jews? LOL you people love to spread distraction propaganda.
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