Posted on 03/31/2014 8:24:21 AM PDT by thetallguy24
Meh...much ado about nothing.
The more Paul talks, the less I like him.
You have to remember who his Dad is.
You KNOW how much influence your parents have on you. That can be a good thing or a bad thing.. depending on the issue in the Paul family.
I guess the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Not in the least surprised.
Sanctions are for fooling morons at home into believing our government is acting on something.
We impose sanctions so cronies can soak up waivers.
No, I'm sure cutting off Japan's oil made them very happy.
He didn’t say what the Headline says he said.
He said >”we cut off trade with Japan. That probably caused Japan to react angrily”<
I’m not a Paulbot by any stretch of the imagination, but this is nothing but a ginned up Tempest in a Tea Pot.
If we hadn’t intervened in WWI, there very likely would not have been a WWII. But I’m not sure that’s what Paul is saying.
This author, Caleb Howe, is taking delight in exaggerating Rand Paul’s words and I am not a Rand Paul supporter.
I’ve talked with a couple of Paulbots who voice this opinion. You see, the Japanese had a right to invade SE Asia to get their resources. Because FDR cut off the sale of American oil and and the Japanese needed that oil to continue their rape of China, or something.
You are reaalllly stretching. Try again.
I’ve about had it with this nutbag.
Yes.
Economic sanctions.
You know, like the ones Saint Obama wants to impose on Sinner Putin...
No I understand what he is saying. FDR was dying for a war with Japan for many reasons, many economic. FDR refused to negotiate with the Japanese, and forced their hand. He took a situation and made it worse.
Americans should understand that Asians were humiliated in the early 20th century by European dominance of their political and economic lives. The French in Indochina, The British in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and India, the Dutch in Indonesia and the Americans in the Philippines. The Japanese who had defeated the Russians and took over Germany’s Pacific interests, saw themselves as special and charged themselves with the liberation of Asia.Of course they were imperialistic and cruel, but the anti European sentiment and resentment was real. That sentiment is manifested today by China as it bitterly resents American political and military involvement in Asian affairs.
Kicking Germany while she was down after WW I was a good thing? I guess the same people who thought so are the same ones who thought invading Iraq was a good thing.
Paulite views on 911 were similarly skewed along the lines of the leftists that we caused it by mistreating the Arab world.
Agit-prop 101.
Why the Pauls fall for these old Moscow-derived lies is a question that can’t be ignored.
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