Dr. Ron Paul has become increasingly popular with main street America over the past 18-24 months. His venture in seeking the 2008 Republican nomination for President of the United States, while unsuccessful in attaining the nomination, seceded in opening the eyes of many common folks to the evils of big, oppressive government; and inflative and destructive monetary policy. In the process, Dr. Paul was also successful in stirring the hearts of many liberty loving Americans by presenting a simple, yet contemporary and attainable, plan to recalibrate the goals of American government, by bringing it once again under the submission to the U.S. Constitution. The curious and refreshing thing about Dr. Paul's message of personal liberty and fiscal responsibility is that he has been singing the same song for years.
Over a decade ago when the U.S. was entangled in an unconstitutional military engagement in Bosnia, Rep. Paul commentated on the lawless and destructive nature of America's interventionist foreign policy:
"This president, like so many of his predecessors, has engaged in reckless foreign adventurism with a complete disregard for the Constitution, the philosophy which founded this nation and the security of our nation. Our founding fathers opposed imperialism in all its forms, and rejected the notion of "foreign entanglements" except when the US was directly threatened.
To counter the threat of foreign policy being dictated by special interests, the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, power to engage our nation in war. Only after a congressional declaration of war is the president authorized to place troops in battle. Yet presidents of the later half of this century have felt no need to follow the Constitution as they have sent our troops into senseless battles without congressional approval; remember Vietnam?
Yet Congress refuses to act in opposition, for fear of being labeled the politically-deadly "anti-troop." Sadly, it is anything but "anti-troop" to want our soldiers out of harms way when the situation does not involve us. In fact, those who put our troops in the line of fire for the sake of modern imperialism are the ones who are "anti-troop." They are the ones who are getting our soldiers injured, maimed and killed. By removing our troops from the situation - or, better yet, not putting them there in the first place - we are protecting their lives.
Perhaps more importantly, we could better protect the security of our nation by bringing our soldiers home. With thousands of troops in Bosnia and other "hot-spots" of civil unrest around the world, our borders are less secure, our defense less than ideal. "
Yesterday, he posited the following commentary on the same destructive policy relating this time to Pakistan:
"Sadly, one thing that has entirely escaped modern American foreign policy is empathy. Without much humility or regard for human life, our foreign policy has been reduced to alternately bribing and bombing other nations, all with the stated goal of “promoting democracy”. But if a country democratically elects a leader who is not sufficiently pro-American, our government will refuse to recognize them, will impose sanctions on them, and will possibly even support covert efforts to remove them. Democracy is obviously not what we are interested in. It is more likely that our government is interested in imposing its will on other governments. This policy of endless intervention in the affairs of others is very damaging to American liberty and security."
While Dr. Paul is not a political 'messiah' as some seem to believe -that title belongs to the Lord Jesus alone- he is the man on the Hill that seems to best understand the American view of law and government in our generation. For that reason, I am glad the Lord has raised him up and pray for his continued hearing and progressive success.
To read the rest of Rep Paul's Texas Straight Talk article dated October, 6 2009 quoted above follow this link
http://www.house.gov/paul/
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