Afghan troop surge is foolish and totally wasteful – Ron Paul

Video interview here.

Thoughts?

Ron Paul '12

Nothing really new here and not any different from the kind of thing he has said a million times before. There are plenty of anti-war politicians out there. I guess Ron Paul gets the most attention because he is republican and also because he makes the most noise.

Well it's clear with all the military ranks and medals he holds that we must listen to him!!

I hate these bloody armchair generals! (and no being an airforce surgeon does not make you a military expert)

Because those real generals did an awesome job of planning for post-invasion Afghanistan and Iraq amirite?

Because those real generals did an awesome job of planning for post-invasion Afghanistan and Iraq amirite?

Is he liked on your side of the pond?

He is loved by a small minority (and when I say loved, I mean loved, his supporters would probably eat his poo) and generally well liked, but not by enough people to ever be a credible candidate. Sometimes I get the feeling that a lot of the people that like him haven't really thought through some of his positions.

Everyone here knows he is anti-war, but are people aware of his other positions? Do TSR members know he wants to repeal the 16th amendment of the constitution, abolish the IRS, effectively ending the income tax? He believes the income tax is unconstitutional. To make up for the having no income tax, he supports excise taxes, non-protectionist tariffs, and massive cuts in spending. I'm not saying that any of these ideas are wrong, but they are big changes that need to be studied and carefully implemented...a lot of people have called his policies "unrealistic" and I think that term is apt, even in a country like the US where there is no bigger insult you could call a politician than "socialist".

It cracks me up to see so many Europeans, many of who believe in socialism, jumping on the Ron Paul bandwagon. They just like him because he is anti-war...if they studied some of his other libertarian positions they would probably be appalled.

I think they probably just like him for his anti war views. I respect him, even if some of his views are totally at ends with mine. Seems like a guy with some integrity at the very least.

He is loved by a small minority (and when I say loved, I mean loved, his supporters would probably eat his poo) and generally well liked, but not by enough people to ever be a credible candidate. Sometimes I get the feeling that a lot of the people that like him haven't really thought through some of his positions.

Everyone here knows he is anti-war, but are people aware of his other positions? Do TSR members know he wants to repeal the 16th amendment of the constitution, abolish the IRS, effectively ending the income tax? He believes the income tax is unconstitutional. To make up for the having no income tax, he supports excise taxes, non-protectionist tariffs, and massive cuts in spending. I'm not saying that any of these ideas are wrong, but they are big changes that need to be studied and carefully implemented...a lot of people have called his policies "unrealistic" and I think that term is apt, even in a country like the US where there is no bigger insult you could call a politician than "socialist".

It cracks me up to see so many Europeans, many of who believe in socialism, jumping on the Ron Paul bandwagon. They just like him because he is anti-war...if they studied some of his other libertarian positions they would probably be appalled.

Ron Paul was against the operation in Afghanistan right from the start, why wouldn't he say things like these?

It cracks me up to see so many Europeans, many of who believe in socialism, jumping on the Ron Paul bandwagon. They just like him because he is anti-war...if they studied some of his other libertarian positions they would probably be appalled.

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No unfortunately he voted for it.

But non the less, Ron Paul is easily the best politician in the US, he should've won the election.