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By RonPaul.com on June 24, 2009
Openly supporting the Iranian revolt could have unintended consequences, says Ron Paul in this interview on Radio America. Our support might well unify Iran against America, rather than uniting it with the revolutionaries. That’s why the US should not openly take sides in the violent dispute. At the same time, Ron Paul would not prevent [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Iran |
By RonPaul.com on June 22, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul criticizes HR 2346, a $106 billion Supplemental Appropriations Act which takes money out of the pockets of hardworking Americans and puts it into the greedy hands of international warmongers and oppressors. Instead of promoting war and destruction around the world, we need to bring our troops home from Iraq [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged HR 2346, IMF, Oppression, War |
By RonPaul.com on June 19, 2009
This Friday, June 19, Ron Paul was the only member of the House to back President Obama on Iran by voting against HR 560, a resolution authored by Rep. Howard Berman (D–CA 28) and Rep. Mike Pence (R–IN 6) which condemns the Iranian government for its recent actions. The text of the resolution follows: RESOLUTION [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Iran |
By RonPaul.com on June 15, 2009
Ron Paul opposes the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (HR 2410 – full text) which “authorizes appropriations for the Department of State and the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, modernizes the Foreign Service, authorizes democratic, economic, and social development assistance for Pakistan, authorizes security assistance for Pakistan,” and funds other undemocratic and militaristic [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Foreign Relations Authorization Act, HR 2410 |
By RonPaul.com on June 3, 2009
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement on H Res 489 Regarding Tiananmen Square June 3, 2009 Ron Paul: I rise to oppose this unnecessary and counter-productive resolution regarding the 20th anniversary of the incident in China’s Tiananmen Square. In addition to my concerns over the content of this legislation, I [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul in Congress | Tagged China, Congress, Hypocrisy, Tiananmen Square |
By RonPaul.com on May 31, 2009
Date: 5/30/2009 Transcript Ron Paul: This week there was a lot of concern expressed about North Korea’s nuclear capability. It was reported that they detonated a small nuclear weapon. This indeed is a serious thing, but as usual, I think, most of the world has overreacted to it. But more interesting is the fact that [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged North Korea, Nuclear Test, South Korea |
By RonPaul.com on May 25, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul challenges the current administration to release evidence of torture by the previous administration. Doing so would allow us to limit culpability for torture to those few lawbreakers who were truly responsible for these crimes against humanity, while looking the other way will further radicalize our enemies and make all [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Blowback, Torture |
By RonPaul.com on May 13, 2009
Date: 5/12/2009 Transcript Ron Paul: Dick Cheney is in the news again. He is charging that we are now less safe with the new administration than we were with the last. In some ways he may be right but for a lot different reasons than he thinks. He’s claiming that the administration is not going [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Video Updates | Tagged Dick Cheney, Torture |
By RonPaul.com on May 11, 2009
In his latest column, Ron Paul points out that U.S. foreign policy has not changed. Our leaders continue to violently intervene in the affairs of other countries, with entirely predictable – and often very deadly – consequences. Instead of working for peace, they are creating a new generation of enemies. Download the column as an [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Afghanistan, Blowback, Pakistan, Violence, War |