Posted on 01/03/2011 6:45:48 AM PST by speciallybland
Saudi Arabia is not the only country in the Arabian penninsula. Did you bother to read what Wolfowitz said?
Just hasn't happened.
Again, if we could get the terrorists to agree to "targeted listings" I'd be happy enough to put people like you on there just so long as they left me alone.
Alas, they won't go along with that sort of thing. In the meantime I'd like to see our forces ferreting these pukes out and killing them.
Paul was NEVER agaisnt earmarks. Earmarks, as Paul points out, do not translate into spending increases. The money is already appropriated. It is a question of whether the money will be earmarked at the discretion of Obama or Congress. Paul says it should be Congress. Paul doesns't want to "surrender" in Afghanistan and Iraq. He merely wants to let Karzai and the other corrupt welfare bums stand on their own two feet. The censure of Rangel was hypocrisy since most other House members are equally corrupt.
As you other points, I agree entirely with Ron Paul. Unlike some on this forum, Paul did't stop defending Assange after he releaed CLASSIFIED memos which exposed climategate.
Sorry, but your dead wrong on that point. I found this in this in two minutes searching:
As of September 2002 about 2,000 American soldiers were stationed at Al Udeid, down from a peak of 4,000 during the war in Afghanistan. The United States kept two dozen KC-135 Stratotankers and KC-10A Extenders at the base for in-flight refueling of fighter jets and bombers over Afghanistan. And though the number of American soldiers on the base had fallen by half since the peak of the Afghan campaign, to about 2,200, the base had been expanded over the previous six months to accommodate up to 10,000 troops and 120 aircraft.
Qatar agreed to host pre-positioned equipment for an Army brigade, and in 1996 it hosted an air expeditionary force consisting of 30 fighters and four tankers. Air Force pre-positioning was facilitated by the construction of what may be the premier air base in the Gulf at Al-Udeid. The Qatari philosophy behind construction was likened to "build it and they will come" -- obtain the best defense by providing the best facilities for US and coalition forces. The Al-Udeid Air Base was built at a cost of more than a billion dollars. Its runway measures 15,000 long -- the longest in the Gulf. The facility's shelters can accommodate nearly a hundred aircraft, rather more than needed by the Qatari Air Force, which has only a dozen fighters. The facility is owned and operated by the Qatari armed forces.
In 1999, Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad, reportedly told US officials that he would like to see as many as 10,000 US servicemen permanently stationed at Al Udeid.
I like these words to unite the nation in pursuit of victory.
Whereas the Imperial Government of Japan has committed unprovoked acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America: Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial Government of Japan which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and the President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial Government of Japan; and, to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.
Why do you think going after illiterate cavemen in afghanistan is going to prevent another 9/11?
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