Posted by
heresyarch's Contra Mundum on Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:21:13 PM
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor.
Gary Bauer should learn this. Of course he is a neocon warmonger of the Christian right. Just view this youtube video and pay very close to the end...you get to see who is funding this large pack of lies of Gary Bauer....its really a laugh.
Lie #1) "Ron Paul's Conservatism is Isolationism."
This is an oft repeated canard. Ron Paul is a non-interventionist. Not an isolationist. For as long as Gary Bauer has been in "politics", he should know the difference. Of course that doesn't stop him from purposefully lying....or worse, being both a fool and an ingorant dupe.
Lie #2) "Conspiratorial".
Gary Bauer gives no concrete examples of what he means. But it is another incendiary remark. I wonder if Gary Bauer believes that there is a conspiracy underfoot to bring the anti-Christ to power? Of course he does.
As to Paul, one needs to consult Wikipedia:
Lie #3) "Hostile to our military."
Its ironic since Ron Paul leads the rest of the goon squad in political donations from our military. In fact, Ron Paul has received 7 times what Santorum and Romney have received in donations from our military. Hostile to our military, indeed.
Lie #4) "Hostile to our allies like Israel."
This is another canard...but if you watch his full video, you will see what motivates Gary Bauer.
As wikipedia reports: "Paul was in Congress when Israel
bombed Iraq's Osirak nuclear plant in 1981 and—unlike the United Nations and the Reagan administration—defended its right to do so."
What? You mean that Ron Paul stood alone when supporting Israel when it bombed Iraq?
Accurate Statement #1) "He denies Iran is building a nuclear weapon."
First, Ron Paul is in a better position to know than Gary Bauer is with regard to foreign intelligence. While Gary Bauer has a right to hold his own opinion on the matter, just recall, it was Bauer, Bush and company who got the whole WMD justification for war wrong in Iraq, This has led to a 2 trillion and counting dollar war which has destabilized the middle east, united Arabs and Persians against the US, has resulted in the death of over 200 thousand people. Ron Paul has every right to be skeptical and that Iran's pursuit of WMDs smacks of a repeat of Iraq. Why isn't Gary Bauer, who supposedley "pro-life" upset about the loss of life in Iraq (over 225,000 dead), or the effect of sanctions against Iraq, or the destruction of private property, or the displacement of the Iraqi families from their homes? We still have a large presence their in our Iraqi embassy....palatial by any standard.
Lie #5) "He claims it was a crime to kill Osama Bin Laden."
No, he didn't. He claimed he would have worked with Pakistan in the raid, and not invade their sovereignty. Ron Paul did essentially say it was a crime (unconstitutional) to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, a US Citizen. But this is a constitutionally sound argument. Bauer doesn't give a rats arse about the Constitution.
I actually disagree with Ron Paul on the killing of Bin Laden. I think the US did the right thing. OBL got justice. The killing of Al-Awlaki sets dangerous precident. And just a side note: Ron Paul did vote to support military action in Afghanistan, and if president, would have hired mercenaries to kill Bin Laden (issuing letters of marquis and reprisal). These mercenaries would have had to invade Pakistan's sovereignty, so I am not entirely sure of the consistency of Ron Paul's position on the killing of Bin Laden.
Accurate Statement #2) "He blames America for creating terrorism."
To what degree Ron Paul faults neocon foreign policy ...progressive in nature...making the world safe for democracy per Woodrow Wilson, is up for debate. He also blames the terrorist for their attack. But you have to be completely ignorant of history of our involvement in arming both Afghanistan, and Iraq and take the events of 911 out of context, what the CIA terms: Blowback. But I have a video which might provide a clue to folks like Gary Bauer.
Any idiot can figure that US foreign policy is not without blame, or be a fool to believe the attacks have no historical context. That muslims just randomly chose our nation to attack because they were having a bad day, or hate us because we are free (the biggest laugh of all).
Lie #6) " Ron Paul condemns Israel for defending herself."
Again, See link on Lie #4. Ron Paul has defended Israel's right to self defense, in spite of both Reagan, and Christians like Jerry Falwell condemning it.
And at the 55 second mark of Gary Bauer's video comes the punch line. Enjoy. It summarizes it all. Gary Bauer is on the board of a Christian Zionist organization called Christians United for Israel (CUFI). Describing why Christians have a desire to support Israel would require a whole new post, but it has to do with their faulty view of Israel's role in the bible (dispensationalism), and that somehow God's promises towards Israel are not fulfilled. They are.
Ironically, Israel's Mossad doesn't think Iran pursuing Nukes is war worthy? Then, why should our next president go to war to protect Israel while we are shackled with all the debt we have?
Gary Bauer claims he is pro-life. Why wouldn't he support the candidacy of the most pro-life, non-triangulating, antiwar and pro-peace loving presidents, who will us the US military to defend the US, but not actually start premptive wars that cost 4 trillion, and have cost over 225K lives and has turned the Muslim world against us? I mean Afghanistan who we give all kinds of aid to would side with Pakistan in a war with the US. There's our return on investment in a nutshell.
In Summary, Ron Paul's foreign policy is actually in sync with most Americans. Watch this video to find out why:
Postscript:
It appears in postscript Gary Bauer has come out to endorse the Bridge to Nowhere earmarking, Warmongering, triangulating Rick Santorum. I am completely disgusted, but not surprised in the least. Rick Santorum is the smiley faced Fascist as Jonah Goldberg writes about. He *hates* libertarians. Libertarians by definition are people who want the government to keep out of people's affairs so long as people do not infringe against others rights. Santorum has explictly states he wants the government in your bedroom, dictating what you eat and consume, and nannying how you live. This is what passes for Gary Bauer Conservatism.