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Rep. Ron Paul, (R-Texas), argues the U.S. should not spend taxpayer money on foreign aid to countries such as Libya and Egypt.
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You know warned about this expensive nonsense years ago actually decades ago Ron Paul he said we're not -- throwing good money after bad.
But it's not our job to buy good.
Or what we think -- good relations.
To the former presidential candidates to stop the insanity stop this ticket stop at all now congress -- have you.
-- -- place to be reviewed and here we face what will be ironically tomorrow talk of forty million dollars more in aid to Libya.
What do you -- -- -- I think you know what I think about it its money rattle down the drain wasteful we don't have it we can't hardly -- anymore so we print it.
We can't buy friendship we buy more enemies.
And -- argued that we have only two types of foreign policy we offer.
If they do exactly what we talent we give -- money if we don't.
If they don't do it there we go in bomb them.
But it looks like now we do both we give -- money they kill us with our money and I know you're opening statement was fantastic you very hit the nail on the head.
On the the ridiculous list of the foreign policy.
It's easy to argue a non interventionist foreign policy mind our own business keep our own money and be friends with people trade with people.
And I -- invented the founders -- -- that that that's what our constitution demands so I think we should give it serious consideration.
You know congress and I had dogs.
The Senator John McCain is Siddig careful what you -- though we embolden the radical elements.
And end and by not giving money we've we've we've -- the modern arms -- went to the listen to what McCain said just a little while ago Woodman.
I think we have to be judicious as to how we use taxpayers' dollars but I can guarantee.
If we take action that makes enemies out of that part of the world -- we will pay a very heavy price over time.
Not to your monitor we've already got their enemies that's what the billions is bought so I don't know what what stopping deliberate and nobody -- -- I think that's our business that's what we do all the time -- we're making enemies I mean.
We're in drone warfare anyplace anytime we wanna go and we overthrow governments when we at this -- to dispose of them after propping them up.
In then.
People just get angry at us right now we're stirring.
Up another fight in Syria and who knows when overcome to Iran through -- Illinois we're always building up enemies stand we did that prior to going into Iraq and.
And -- Afghanistan's that was on an -- I think.
That approach has to be different so Senator McCain had a very good point wish who he should be making enemies but I don't think he understands exactly how you make enemies.
And it's our aggressive this are imposing Willem other people.
We wouldn't put up with -- here the American people would.
Band together and object to it and we shouldn't be surprised -- the countries object to what we do to them.
-- -- my only worry is if I saw some you know productive uses of this money and it's and then in the world resistant than just a little love being.
Audience of American worshippers I might think about it -- but.
Leaving that -- that hasn't happened leaving the other little Vito.
Side that we we we are we're broke and we don't have the money is just strategically invest.
Generally or otherwise why don't we keep doing it to what end.
-- here it it.
Dumb post made because it doesn't meet the criteria of a little bit of a common sense it makes no sense whatsoever.
But I think we were able to get away with it for so long because we had the privilege of issuing the reserve currency of the world.
We have -- hand -- still have the highest of the strongest military power.
And we still have a lot of economic well we think we can get away -- so we've been lulled into this belief that we're invincible.
And I think it's been a moral hazard because I think all of a sudden we're gonna wake up.
And we'll find out that we are principle that people can't retaliate and its third.
It's fourth generation warfare it's not.
Governments against government since individuals now.
And I don't even think we've adapted to that it was still fighting world war two and the Korean War to Vietnam War and a sense that.
It's the people who -- -- is it rising up.
I -- this and rebelling against the very government this week prop up and we think if we send our CIA in early enough.
We can't take over the new governments which is proving false because we've got a lot -- non aligned ourselves.
You know with al-Qaeda in Libya and Egypt it looks like in Syria is well.
It's so foolish I do not understand how people can't wake -- and say enough is enough this -- this nonsense.
What you know -- -- you can't -- -- they end -- just being -- But you you know you were decades editors congressman it's always a pleasure having you sir Ron Paul.
Of course the former presidential.
