Archive for Foreign Policy

Ron Paul on Russia Today: H1N1, Quarantine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran

Channel: Russia Today
Date: 11/01/2009
Transcript
Dina Gusovsky: A national emergency is declared in the United States, but it doesn’t have anything to do with the war in Afghanistan, the economic crisis, or nukes in Iran. Instead, it’s H1N1, the swine flu. But is all this media hysteria really justified, and is the threat as dire as some [...]

Ron Paul: It’s Been A Busy Week In Washington

In his latest video update, Ron Paul reports on a recent House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing concerning Iran as well as a House Financial Services Committee hearing on financial regulations. He also comments on the latest GDP data.

Date: 10/30/2009
Transcript
Ron Paul: I’m Congressman Ron Paul and this is a weekly update for the Campaign for Liberty. [...]

Ron Paul: Sanctions on Iran are an Act of War

Venue: Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing
Date: 10/28/2009
Ron Paul: Mr. Chairman, thank you and I oppose this legislation [HR 2194: Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009]. I do not challenge the motivation of those who support this legislation, but I think it’s deeply flawed and I think it’s going to do a lot more harm [...]

Ron Paul on the Tavis Smiley Show

Ron Paul appeared on The Tavis Smiley Show to discuss the war in Afghanistan and ending the Federal Reserve.

Show: Tavis Smiley Show
Channel: PBS
Date: 10/21/2009
Transcript:
Tavis Smiley: Congressman Ron Paul from Texas is serving his 11th term in Congress. In 2008 he mounted a bid for the White House that galvanized an eclectic mix of supporters, including [...]

Ron Paul: Why Are We In Afghanistan?

Venue: U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Date: 10/15/2009
Transcript:
Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the last months, we have had a pretense of having a debate about Afghanistan, but unfortunately, it’s not much of a debate. We’re deciding whether or not to send 40,000 or 80,000 troops over to Afghanistan and we can’t even [...]

Ron Paul: Saving Face in Afghanistan

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Saving Face in Afghanistan
by Ron Paul
This past week there has been a lot of discussion and debate on the continuing war in Afghanistan. Lasting twice as long as World War II and with no end in sight, the war in Afghanistan has been one of the [...]

Ron Paul on Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

Date: 10/9/2009
Key points:

Ron Paul wasn’t totally shocked that it happened
the prize represents not peace, but internationalism, world government and a UN/NATO-type approach to global affairs
Obama’s tone is better, but he isn’t pro-peace
Obama totally neutralized the anti-war left, which is very sad
the same happens when conservatives are elected: they promise less government, but give us more, [...]

Free Trade instead of Bombs and Bribes

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Bombs and Bribes
by Ron Paul
What if tomorrow morning you woke up to headlines that yet another Chinese drone bombing on US soil killed several dozen ranchers in a rural community while they were sleeping? That a drone aircraft had come across the Canadian border in the [...]

Ron Paul Opposes “Bombs and Bribes” for Pakistan

Bill: HR 3642, the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009
Venue: House Floor
Date: 9/30/2009
Ron Paul: Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill. Sometimes I wonder how we can, with a straight face, bring a bill up like this with the conditions of this country, especially financially.
I oppose this bill for two [...]

Ron Paul: Leave Iran Alone!

In his latest video update, Ron Paul exposes the latest pro-war propaganda and discusses how our current interventionist foreign policy benefits neither the American people nor our national security situation.

Date: 9/28/2009
Jake in Houston: There seems to be a lot of hype and attention this weekend concerning the Iranian nuclear program. Why is that?
Ron Paul: I [...]

Ron Paul on Afghanistan

Ron Paul discusses U.S. foreign policy in Afghanistan and growing unrest over Obama’s expansion of the war and nation building efforts.

Source: Campaign for Liberty
Date: 9/14/2009
Transcript
Ron Paul: Finally we’re going to talk about something other than medical care. The summer was saturated with the news and discussions in all the town hall meetings about what [...]

Ron Paul: Bring Our Troops Home – From Afghanistan, Iraq, Japan, Germany, …

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Government Solutions Lack Understanding
by Ron Paul
Things seem to be unraveling quickly for the new administration. The latest unemployment numbers are worse than the last reports. For all the billions of dollars spent and committed to fixing our economic problems, the situation is only getting worse. This [...]