Re: Suppose

It is U.S. foreign policy that is absurd, dangerous, and clueless
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and now they are paying for it ... well, going bankrupt because of the
mistakes.

the US is in debt so far there is no way out and the top 1% has
prospered at record levels.

maybe next time they'll think twice about allowing 1% of the
population to control the resources of another region of the planet
and creating a religious state in their holy lands

On Feb 6, 7:49 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> Supposeby Laurence M. Vance"My point is, if another country does to us what we do to others, we re not going to like it very much. So I would say that maybe we ought to consider a golden rule -- in foreign policy. Don t do to other nations what we don t want to have them do to us"-- Ron Paul
> The war-crazed conservatives in the crowd at one of the Republican presidential debates recently held in South Carolina booed and jeered when Ron Paul called for a golden rule in U.S. foreign policy. "We endlessly bomb these other countries and then we wonder why they get upset with us?"added Dr. Paul.
> Naturally, the bloodthirsty warmongers atFrontpagemag.comconsider Paul s foreign policy to be absurd, dangerous, and clueless.
> But just for a minute, let s suppose a few things --
> Suppose that a presidential candidate in another country said that the U.S. president needs to be taken off this planet. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that a presidential candidate in another country said that the U.S. president would go to hell if he died. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the government of another country said that the U.S. president needed to step down. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the government of another country forbade its citizens from traveling to the United States. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the government of another country imposed sanctions on the United States. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the government of another country had a secret program to develop nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the military of another country insisted that it had the right to build over 1,000 military bases in foreign countries. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the military of another country insisted that it had the right to station hundreds of thousands of troops on foreign soil. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the military of another country insisted that it had the right to build bases and station troops on American soil. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the government of another country spent more on defense than all the governments of the rest of the world combined. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the government of another country claimed it had the right to assassinate anyone in the United States. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the intelligence agencies of another country insisted on infiltrating the U.S. government and its intelligence agencies to spy on them. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the government of another country spent a trillion dollars on defense, most of which was really for offense. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the government of another country said that the United States must get rid of its nuclear weapons. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the military of another country bombed American soil. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the military of another country invaded the United States. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the military of another country occupied the United States. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the president or secretary of state of another country said that the United States needed a regime change. How would Americans feel about it?
> Suppose that the intelligence agencies of another country flew drone planes at will over the United States. How would Americans feel about it?
> You know exactly how Americans would feel about these things. So why is it that foreigners aren t expected to feel the same way?
> It is U.S. foreign policy that is absurd, dangerous, and clueless. Ron Paul is the only sane voice that one will hear in the remaining Republican presidential debates.http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance277.html

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