Comments on: UPDATED: Is Ron Paul Good For Israel? (Inadvertently, Yes)

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 14 May 2011 21:46:39 +0000

Amen and Bravo. The clearest, most Biblical and cogent solution out there.

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Sat, 14 May 2011 18:36:52 +0000

“In discussion with Dr. Paul’s then-campaign managers, I had ventured that to forge ahead as a viable candidate” would imply that you checked him out before you wrote the piece. Not only that but, the managers would not allow or pay you to write something that would make him look like a hypocrite.

By: My RON PAUL i

My RON PAUL i — Sat, 14 May 2011 12:28:14 +0000

The “Republican Jewish Coalition” (RJC) are “friends of Israel” the same way that those who advocate for welfare are “friends of poor people” and those who lobby for student loans to send marginal students to get drunk taking useless courses at overpriced colleges are “friends of education” ….

I don’t see how those “friends” are helping Israel unless turning it into a corrupt dependent of the whims of the State Department constitute “help”. Maybe Ron Paul made some comments that are exaggerated but then the RJC and people like David Horowitz have done far worse.

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Sat, 14 May 2011 07:02:07 +0000

Steven:
You best take a couple of relaxants. The Liberals and the Conservatives both hate Ron Paul and lie about him all the time. I just read an article in my local newspaper by a Liberal (Richard Reeves) who dismissed Ron Paul because; “Saw no reason that prostitution or heroin should not be legal playthings” A far cry from, “The Constitution doesn’t give the government the authority to create laws against… A refugee camp is a concentration camp, it’s where you concentrate refugees. It’s not like they have all of Jordan to wander in is it. Now, the question comes up, of how many of the people in Gaza and the West Bank are really refugees and who is doing the concentrating. But, if you haven’t figured out that Ron Paul is the most lied about person in Congress by now. You probably won’t. Ilana doesn’t need me to defend her and I won’t [why not? Everyone needs defenders]; but, I would point out to you that she stated at the beginning of the article at WND that she had personally investigated Ron Paul before she wrote the article, because she did not want to say something that was untrue. [Did I say In investigated Paul?]

By: Steve Hogan

Steve Hogan — Sat, 14 May 2011 03:06:30 +0000

@ Steven,

So you agree that foreign aid to Israel is detrimental to their ability to act as a sovereign nation, but the fact that Ron Paul advocates elimination of aid for all countries makes him a “fiend” to Israel? Huh?

Israel would be “target number one” in a Paul administration? A rather harsh accusation. Care to provide some sort of evidence to back up your assertion? Please cite quotations from the man. He’s been giving speeches and writing articles and books for 30 plus years. If he’s an enemy of Israel, I’m sure you can enlighten us.

As for the “concentration camp” characterization, a bunch of Palestinians were forced out of their homes, are packed in like sardines, and have no freedom of travel or trade with the outside world. Sounds like a concentration camp to me. Am I missing something?

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 13 May 2011 21:53:09 +0000

I doubt that you will publish this on your blog as I dare criticize you. I am usually in agreement with you on most issues, but like a typical “exilic” Jew, you support a con like Paul who compares Gaza to a “concentration camp.” Anyone who compares Israel to the Nazis is a Jew-hater. Simple. End of argument. And your shameless support of him, shows your delusional imagination that Paul is a “friend” of Israel. No, he is not a friend. He is a fiend for Israel. That is why Paul attracts so many anti-Israeli “folks.”

http://www.rjchq.org/Newsroom/newsdetail.aspx?id=4591a632-529b-4dc7-bce6-ae848eb7a064

I am not in support of American aid to Israel as it is like a pusher selling dope to a junkie. Israel will survive on its own or it will dissolve into the Mediterranean Sea. But you shame yourself as a Jew with your blathering support of Paul vis-a-vis Israel. Like all candidates who seek the Jewish vote, he will moderate himself. If he ever became president, Israel would be target number one on his list – not Egypt, not Pakistan, not any Muslim nation. You forget one thing – Israel is a Nation that stands alone. And nothing that you say or write about will change that.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Fri, 13 May 2011 21:03:28 +0000

As a member of the Christian religious right I strongly concur that we are some of Israel’s staunchest supporters. I’m not quite sure about Mr Paul yet, as a candidate, but I do believe he is a supporter of Israel. I especially like his position on ending foreign aid. Of course such an onslaught of radical logic will be more than “Doofus Americanis” ,the American voter, will be able to digest. I don’t think he will get the nomination or get elected if he does but it will be interesting to see how it goes.

By: Michael Marks

Michael Marks — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:00:26 +0000

Your article is well written. As an evangelical I appreciate the strong bond between the US and Israel. As one who may have a Jewish heritage the bond is even stronger.

I know that the term foreign get used quite a bit but am not clear on exactly what it means. For example would the money supplied by the US to help Israel develop the Arrow II interceptor be considered foreign aid?

I believe you are right that Israel would be the ultimately be ahead of the game if we stopped giving foreign aid to all of its hostile neighbors as well. In general private donations are more effective and in this case worth more dollars and sheckels.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:34:59 +0000

Thank you for publishing this column. I am a fan of Dr. Paul also and I have been uncomfortable with his position on foreign aid to Israel. I just assumed that he was really anti-Israel. I also know that foreign aid comes with heavy strings attached and that Israel would be much better off without those strings. I am glad that he does believe that Israel has a right to exist. I ordered your new book yesterday and I am looking forward to reading it.

By: My RON PAUL i

My RON PAUL i — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:25:54 +0000

I am, however, vastly less optimistic about Ron Paul’s chances of winning in 2012. The military-industrial-banking-academia-media-lobbying “establishment” will never permit him to come close. He will receive a thrashing an order of magnitude worse than Barry Goldwater got in 1964.

Goldwater: “I once said that if I believed all I heard on television and radio that was said about me, I would have voted against the S.O.B. myself”
http://books.google.com/books?id=a-MCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=Goldwater+%22if+I+believed+all+I+heard%22&source=bl&ots=MZwaTJRz1c&sig=9ABsfg-w8Vrb-Dn7XkdqFignuLQ&hl=en&ei=3QXNTY63Iujf0QHknYXuDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Goldwater%20%22if%20I%20believed%20all%20I%20heard%22&f=false