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_December 20, 2011 (TPATH) _ (http://www.tpath,org/) - Generally when I write an editorial or an article on a particular subject or individual my complete attention is put on being correct and hopefully entertaining and enlightening. While I am purposefully sardonic, I try to be civil and my concern is always getting the point across and not whether or not some leftist gets his feelings bruised. However, today its different. Having put off writing this for as long as possible, now I need to take on some very, very good friends and wonderful people. Many good, honest and great patriots, who have been absorbed in the tangle of some wonderful rhetoric and have allowed themselves to be blinded in the murkiness of outrageous and dangerous policies. Seeing, sensing and feeling the almost cultish support Ron Paul evokes lets me know I will no doubt be castigated by many for what I write here today. Know you all, I have no intent to disparage or demean any of you for your support of Mr. Paul. It is easy to understand the backing for him on so many issues. I myself have stood and cheered at many of the statements he has made. How does one endeavor to explain and describe his positions in such a way as to not appear to be acerbic, hurtful or hateful? I don't know if I am able, but here I try. Before getting into the dangers of the hard-line Libertarian positions that Ron Paul espouses, it is important to note, those are the views which are the source of my trepidation and they should concern even the most ardent supporter of Mr. Paul, as well. It is also understood, that some of the people who support Ron Paul are aware of his extreme views and they may even agree with them. This writing, of course, is not for them. This article is being authored for those that may not be aware of his risky and potentially perilous positions. Reading Facebook and other social websites, I find many of Paul's followers playing down, mollifying or placating some of his more drastic views. The impetus for those people may stem from the actual belief that Ron Paul is being demonized and his positions exaggerated. For certain we have no way of knowing, but my determination that Ron Paul would be a very real danger has been formulated, not by what others have said or reported, but from what I have heard or seen Paul say or espouse. Before I go on, one of my dear friends noted that Ron Paul's appearance on Jay Leno was quite wonderful and that Jay clearly liked Ron. Well, that may be, but before we get all worked up over Leno's admiration, it should be remembered that Mr. Leno is a liberal. Last year he was quoted as saying, "Conservative? I'm not one of them." Mr. Leno would like nothing better than to build up Paul's base hoping that it will eventually split the conservative vote. Don't doubt that for a moment. Leno weaseled Ron into an unsubstantiated racial attack on Michele Bachmann becasue she understands and has taken a position on the dangers inherent in radical Islam. Of course Leno couldn't care less about Islam, but it sure was nice to see one Republican trashing another. Some Areas of Concern Military, Defense and Foreign Policy Members of Congress are required by statute to take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution and the President is required, by the Constitution, to take a similar oath. Ron Paul, one who continually preaches, and rightly so, the excesses of lawmakers concerning the Constitution, ignores the most important requirement set down by our founding fathers with his isolationism, disdain for a strong military or intervention anywhere in the world where a danger to this country may be festering. For any member of Congress or any President to roll up the "drawbridge" on the boundaries of this country and allow threats to our energy supply, economic stability and our allies, would not only be perilous to the future, it would represent a total breach of the oaths they have sworn to. While it is certain that our diplomats and leaders have made errors in the past, and some very costly, the penalty for sitting back and granting unfettered despotism to dominate the world outside our borders is unrealistic and treacherous. Without a United States of America there is no US Constitution. Without America there will be no freedom or prosperity anywhere in the world. Heroine and Drugs As a Libertarian Mr.Paul's positions on government intervention on the private lives of American citizens is of course, a good one. But as with every aspect of the human condition, too much of anything, is never a good thing. No one can deny that crime will go down if all drugs are legalized as will the huge cost of arrest, prosecution and incarceration. But at what price? How many generations would it take for our children and their children to become numb to the dangers of drug addiction if drugs are accepted, legal and available? Of course, if heroine is made legal today, Americans will not run out tomorrow and start doing drugs, as Ron Paul naively pointed out. Can we take the chance that our children and theirs will not? _Listen to his remarks here:_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GFcuAPjBpiA) As with hiding behind isolationist walls, releasing drugs into our children's environment will not create immediate destruction, but will certainly lay the groundwork for future devastation. ISRAEL It would be unfair and wrong for anyone to tag Ron Paul as an Anti-Semite. I do not believe he is, but having said that, his isolationist views, relating to any society or problem occurring outside our borders and his particular identification of Israel as being a burden to peace, have given the appearance to some that his positions may be inclined in that direction, and therefore, many of his more vocal and energetic followers support him, for just that reason. Understand that I am not accusing any of the Tea Party people supporting Ron Paul to be doing so for that reason. His positions on spending and government overreach are what has drawn Tea Party people to him. No one can deny the growth of anti-semitism, not only in the Middle East, but Europe and here in America. Those that espouse that degenerate ideology may have clung to the Paul campaign supposing they have found an outlet for their particular prejudice . This is only a caution. Make sure your feathers don't flock with inappropriate birds. IRAN and Nuclear Proliferation A complete and absolute naivety of Ron Paul, when he says Iran is no more a danger to explode a nuclear weapon than the Soviet Union, is as scary as anything or any position Paul has taken. The MAD system (Mutually Assured Destruction) the entire world lived under for nearly 30 years, worked for one reason. While it was true both sides despised the others political and economic positions, neither side could afford to start a nuclear war. Neither side wanted to see the end of the world. Ron Paul, apparently never having listened to the way Iran's leader ends almost every speech where he pines for the return of the 12th Imam, continues to think terrorists kill Americans because we have a military presence in some place or another. The return of the 12th Imam, according to Islam, can only occur if the world is in the process of Armageddon. They pine for his return for it will, according to that book of love, the Koran, begin the murder, death and annihilation of every infidel on earth and without regard to where one country or another may have a military base. The return of this 12th Imam, according the Mullahs, can be encouraged by creating war and death. Does this sound like MAD will protect the world as it did for several decades? Ron Paul believes it and is willing to take the chance, at the cost of nuclear conflagration, that terrorists are sane and rational. I find it very hard to believe that any Tea Party person who has given of himself because of the dangers facing this country could possibly support anyone that would put our future in such jeopardy. I beg of all you patriots, despite some of the on target statements from candidate Paul, please look very carefully before you leap. Any good will be consumed by the bad and the ugly. By Dwight Kehoe _www.tpath.org_ (http://www.tpath.org/) All Rights Reserved* December 21, 2011 TPATH -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
