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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: 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 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 [...]

Playing With Fire In Pakistan

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. — tmartin

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Ron Paul questions Richard Holbrooke on innocent war casualties

Event: House Foreign Relations Committee Hearing
Date: 5/5/2009
Transcript
Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome, Mr. Ambassador. I have a couple of concerns I want to express. The main concern I have is I was hoping to see maybe a change in our foreign policy from the last administration. But, of course, we see just more of [...]

Ron Paul on Alex Jones TV

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xtTe_sSD0
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJkVDDKgZYk

Show: Alex Jones Show
Date: 4/24/2009
Transcript:
Alex Jones: Okay ladies and gentlemen, we are now simulcasting at InfoWars.com, the syndicated radio program at PrisonPlant.tv. For the next 30 minutes or so we are joined by Congressman Ron Paul, joining us from Texas. Congressman Ron Paul needs no introduction. Congressman, I have a ton [...]

Ron Paul: Iraq is a Powder Keg

In this speech to Congress, Ron Paul points out that our involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan continues to drain our financial resources, undermine our national defense, demoralize our military and exacerbate our financial crisis.

Channel: C-SPAN
Date: 3/4/2009
Transcript:
Ron Paul: Mr. Speaker, the end of the war is not near. I might ask, are the troops coming [...]

Ron Paul: Afghanistan Will Be Obama’s War

Source: Campaign for Liberty
Date: 1/25/2009
Transcript:
Thanks for joining us. In the last couple days, the most frequently asked question to me has been, what do I think about Obama and his foreign policy? Is there reason to be optimistic that we’ll have positive changes around the world and especially in the Middle East?
He has spoken out [...]