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Originally Posted by El_Zoido
Well, even if he gives the Order to Leave Iraq immediatly, it won't be like a chaotic reatreat like after the Eastern Front Collapesed in WW2...
There will be a several month long moving troops out... brigade for brigade... perhaps 6-12 month...
I mean it is not Unrealistic to say get out... the US Gov simply decided to get in for no reason at all... but even that took several months to mass up the troops and then it took several month to dig in...
So it will take several months to dig out... Iraqies might take over the Bases one after another.
And at least there is a reason to get out... cost of live and money is outweighing the usefullness...
Nothing unrealistic there. Ron Paul just doesn't want to be a War President, because there is NO kind of War going on that would require the US to spend that much. It's not a Soviet Invasion of the Arabian Peninsula for gods sake...
BTW: Isolationism is stupid, Non-Interventionism & No Nationbuilding is what Ron Paul stands for... GIGANTIC difference. And for everything else, he wants that congress decides... that means, it is bizarre to believe that the US would allow a new Hitler to overrun the world, just because dictator Paul says the US should not intervene... Oh my, the US is a democracy, and not an elected Tyrany! If the people demand a certain action, their representatives should push for it and the President has to follow the will of the people.
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The last American isolationist movement (which wasn't too cowardly and politically correct to identify themselves as isolationist) was the America First Committee. 2 days after Pearl Harbor was bombed, they voluntarily disbandoned. They were dignified and didn't throw a hissy fit. Now that the country was at war, they didn't serve a purpose.
Also...
Free trade with corrupt and communist nations inevitably leads to intervention. (Ron Paul = Libertarian = Free trader) The Chinese government was a dirt poor 3rd world Communist nation before they began trading outside. Now China is a 2nd world Communist nation, and now a bigger threat then before! Also, thanks to nations like China sucking up more OIL, another unnecessary threat is generated; oil scarcity.
US traded with Japan, Japan felt entitled to US oil, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor as they secure new oil sources. Theres another example of how free trade inevitably leads to intervention.
In 1935 British engines were used on German ME109 prototypes. ME109 rules.
While I am not against all free trade zones, I think it is hypocritical for Ron Paul the Libertarian to be a no-interventionist and simultaneously be a hard core free-trader. Not to mention he voted against every Free Trade Agreement that blew through Congress. Theres a triple hypocrisy. If the Libertarian's goal is to lower tariffs at all costs, then he should be voting for all FTAs.