Ron Paul: Israel is Our Close Friend

[FrankRep]

Ron Paul Responds to President Obama's Middle East Speech


EON: Enhanced Online News
May 19, 2011


LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- Ron Paul, a twelve-term U.S. congressman, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate, remarked on President Obama’s speech earlier today about the United States’ Middle East policy. Please see the statement below.

“The President gave a speech today about our foreign policy in the Middle East, and once again this administration has proven that it does not understand a proper foreign policy for America. When will our leaders finally do what’s right for America and rethink this irrational approach we’ve followed for far too long?

“Israel is our close friend. While President Obama’s demand that Israel make hard concessions in her border conflicts may very well be in her long-term interest, only Israel can make that determination on her own, without pressure from the United States or coercion by the United Nations.

“Unlike this President, I do not believe it is our place to dictate how Israel runs her affairs. There can only be peace in the region if those sides work out their differences among one another. We should respect Israel’s sovereignty and not try to dictate her policy from Washington.

“The President also defended his unconstitutional intervention in Libya, authorized not by the United States Congress but by the United Nations, and announced new plans to pressure Syria and force the leader of that country to step down.

“Our military is already dangerously extended, and this administration wants to expand our involvement. When will our bombing in Libya end? Is President Obama seriously considering military action against Syria? We are facing $2 trillion dollar deficits, and the American taxpayer cannot afford any of it.

“Our military’s purpose is to defend our country, not to police the Middle East.

“As the President prepares to send even more support to Egypt, we should be reminded that it was our foreign aid that helped Mubarak retain power to repress his people in the first place. Now we have to deal with the consequences of those decisions, yet we keep repeating the same mistakes.

“I am not the only one who can see the absurdities of our foreign policy. We give $3 billion to Israel and $12 billion to her enemies. Most Americans know that makes no sense.

“We need to come to our senses, trade with our friends in the Middle East (both Arab and Israeli), clean up our own economic mess so we set a good example, and allow them to work out their own conflicts.”


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[wizardwatson]

Out of everything he said, you picked "Israel is our close friend" for the thread title. Come on Frank. You could've at least added a "but...".

[FrankRep]

Out of everything he said, you picked "Israel is our close friend" for the thread title. Come on Frank. You could've at least added a "but...".

With all the Israel bashing on Ron Paul Forums, I figured I'd point out Ron Paul's view on Israel.

[Justinjj1]

It's not my close friend.

[squarepusher]

With all the Israel bashing on Ron Paul Forums, I figured I'd point out Ron Paul's view on Israel.

nice catch

[UK4Paul]

“I am not the only one who can see the absurdities of our foreign policy. We give $3 billion to Israel and $12 billion to her enemies. Most Americans know that makes no sense." - Ron Paul

That's a keeper, right there.

[t0rnado]

Israel is a parasitic, terrorist conglomerate that celebrates when the US is attacked:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/report-n...srael-1.244044

[sailingaway]

With all the Israel bashing on Ron Paul Forums, I figured I'd point out Ron Paul's view on Israel.

Oh, come on, you make it sound like that is the predominant theme. Most here are noninterventionist, across the board, and consider Israel an ally, but also a focus for trouble for us, since we tend to do idiotic things around that relationship. A couple or few, max are 'anti-Israel'.

However, as evidenced by the comment above, those posters do seem to gravitate to threads like this. Frankly, the heading is counterproductive, to that extent.

[Sergeant Brother]

Israel is a parasitic, terrorist conglomerate that celebrates when the US is attacked:

http://www.haaretz.com/news/report-n...srael-1.244044

Correct. If any nation on earth is a true enemy of the United States it is Israel and I don't believe that any country presents as big a threat to us as Israel does.

[erowe1]

With all the Israel bashing on Ron Paul Forums, I figured I'd point out Ron Paul's view on Israel.

+ Rep.