Posted on 11/07/2011 1:21:50 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks
At a time of escalating tensions with the Iranian regime over its suspected nuclear ambitions and support for terrorism, Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul is suggesting that Washington adopt a new approach – don’t impose sanctions, “treat them differently,” and offer “friendship.” Re-treading ground he covered during earlier primary campaign debates, the Texas lawmaker said on “Fox News Sunday” that the United States had talked to the Soviet Union and China, both nuclear-armed, during the Cold War.
Asked what the U.S. should do to persuade Iran not to pursue a nuclear weapons capability, Paul replied, “Well, maybe offering friendship to them. I mean, didn’t we talk to the Soviets? Didn’t we talk to the Chinese? They had thousands of these weapons.”
He challenged the notion that Iran poses a security threat.
“The Iranians can’t even make enough gasoline for themselves,” he said. “For them to be a threat to us or to anybody in the region, I think it’s just blown out of proportion.”
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Such a friendship might become a bit dicey after they wipe Israel off the face of the Earth; it would be positively frosty after their nukes find their way to Manhattan by freighter.
But, hey, we’re all touchy-feely, kowtowing Islamophiles in the Age of Obama.
You first, Ron.
Corrections always welcome, thanks.
Ron Paul is a contrarian, just for the sake of being one. He is making no sense.
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