Interventionism? Isolationism? Actually, both
from Reason to Freedom
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
10/21/07
A few months back, I wrote back-to-back weekly messages regarding globalism and isolationism. In writing those columns, I focused on the fact that our nation’s interventionist foreign policy was precisely what was isolating us from other countries. Turkey’s recall of their U.S. ambassador in the wake of last week’s resolution, passed in the House Foreign Affairs Committee in condemnation of Turkey, is a perfect example of what I wrote in those columns, as well as what I have been saying for years. The House has passed similar resolutions for years, praising some foreign countries or political groups while chastising others. It is my policy to vote against resolutions of this sort whenever they have the impact of placing our country in the middle of an internal political problem of some other nation, or involving us in some regional conflict...
http://tinyurl.com/3ce5zt
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interventionism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=isolationism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
10/21/07
A few months back, I wrote back-to-back weekly messages regarding globalism and isolationism. In writing those columns, I focused on the fact that our nation’s interventionist foreign policy was precisely what was isolating us from other countries. Turkey’s recall of their U.S. ambassador in the wake of last week’s resolution, passed in the House Foreign Affairs Committee in condemnation of Turkey, is a perfect example of what I wrote in those columns, as well as what I have been saying for years. The House has passed similar resolutions for years, praising some foreign countries or political groups while chastising others. It is my policy to vote against resolutions of this sort whenever they have the impact of placing our country in the middle of an internal political problem of some other nation, or involving us in some regional conflict...
http://tinyurl.com/3ce5zt
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=interventionism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=isolationism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
rudkla - 23. Okt, 13:18
