RonPaul would not have sent SEAL team after bin Laden

[xj0hnx]

Isn't he saying he would have sent people in to get him but he would have done it with Pakistan's consent or working with them?

I don't see whats so outrageous about that view really...

What I think is funny is that if this had been some leftist politician, the same article would have been posted, but there would be a tirade about how he was misquoted, or "that's not what he meant, it was taken out of context", and Fox are hte evul 'publican demons.

 

[Jaskalas]

Man it pains me to quote Fox a second time in a month but

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/12/ron-paul-ordered-bin-laden-raid/


Granted Ron Paul's stance on taking action in foreign countries is no secret but does this have the potential to completely derail his Presidential aspirations given the overwhelming support for this action and the easy to attack soft on terrorism angle that will likely be played?

He raises an interesting point as well. What IF we knew is was in a different country. Would we have gone in if he were in, say, Italy?

It will absolutely derail him with the GOP. Not like they supported conservatism anyway because anyone who isn't a fascist will be crushed beneath the GOP heavy weights.

I... have to say, I disagree with Paul on this one, but thankfully for us Osama IS dead now and we've got ourselves drowning in crucial domestic issues where I've found myself very much a libertarian. It's hard to vote against the only candidate who truly believes in people over government.

 

[Craig234]

He raises an interesting point as well. What IF we knew is was in a different country. Would we have gone in if he were in, say, Italy?

Funny you should ask (even as we harbor terrorists).

http://www.investigativeproject.org/342/cia-agents-wanted-by-italy-for-kidnapping-of-radical-imam

That's a link to a story of our illegally kidnapping a terror suspect for extraordinary rendition, and the Italians now issuing criminal warrants for the CIA agents.

 

[xj0hnx]

Funny you should ask (even as we harbor terrorists).

Which terrorists would that be?

 

[Jaepheth]

Ron Paul strikes me as the Rorschach of political candidates.
He never compromises.
And it makes him an outsider to all parties.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Ron who??????????????