Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: spittledip
Originally posted by: loki8481
and he doesn't support military actions against dictators... so where does that leave him?
more embargoes and sanctions? look how well that's worked with cuba.
uh... who cares about Cuba? There is no reason to do anything about Cuba at all except leave them to do what they want.
if Ron Paul refuses to support a dictator, he has three choices, more or less...
-military action (which he's against)
-sanctions (which don't work)
-doing nothing
doing nothing when you've got a nuclear power potentially spiraling down into anarchy is the wrong answer. you can't really not meddle when a country is sitting on a nuclear arsenal that could end up god knows where if we just sit back and let the shit hit the fan.
military action's not really an answer, much as I'm sure Bush would love to send special ops in, grab the nukes, and gtfo, so what are we left with other than supporting whichever leader is going to support stability, dictator or not?
it's not the feel-good solution, but what is?