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In reply to the discussion: The real question that the Ron Paul candidacy poses for Democrats [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)... nor does he care about what you call the "Racist imperial" aspect of other wars.
Ron Paul wants to DISMANTLE our ENTIRE government. He hates the government. If he could, he is on record saying he'd kill the EPA, FDA, NIH, Dept of Energy, Dept of Education, kill the Fed, return the US to the Gold standard ... end Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security ... repeal the laws that ensure civil rights, product safety standards, woman's rights, on and on and on.
And so ... because he HATES our government, and he wants to stop it from doing ANYTHING ... yes, he also wants to end the "drug wars" and "other wars" ... but don't be naive ... his REASON has nothing do to with racism or anything else ... his reason is "stop the government in ALL cases".
On that racial aspect ... in an interview with Tim Russert, Paul actually thought that Lincoln was WRONG to fight the Civil War ... and instead wanted a SLAVE OWNER BAILOUT in which the US government would have PURCHASED the slaves from the slave owners, and then freed them.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ghost-of-christmas-past-ron-paul-favored-federal-slaveowner-bailout-over-civil-war/
So again ... Ron's reason for being against these "wars" is nothing more that a continuation of his larger, quite INSANE desire to return the United States to a time not unlike the wild west of the 1800s.
As for my position on "these wars" ... agreed with Afghanistan, wished Bush would have not become distracted by Iraq, did not support that in any way ... happy Obama was always against Iraq, happy it is ending ... understood why Obama said he would refocus in Afganistan as President, supported that ... glad OBL is now dead ... hope we start to back out of Afghanistan now ... as for drug wars ... think marijuana should be legal, but that issue does not break into my top 10 ... no problem with keeping some of the stronger drugs illegal, much like I support age restrictions for drugs like tobacco and alcohol.
Regardless ... Ron Paul is against these "wars" for reasons that I don't support ... that being his libertarian government model.