"Paul's fans — and there were more than 100 of them in Leno's audience,
many of whom had flown in from out of town — are entranced by a man who
responds to surprising information with "Wowee" and a jaw-dropped smile
not often seen apart from 5-year-old boys and Muppets."

Ron Paul smiling? This is clearly fictitious, your absolutely right Sarc

sarc--which "fact"?

I (Ron P) say, 'We're diverse. We even have some Republicans,'"

 And if he's so bad on "security," how come we keep kicking-ass among veterans and among military voters (see links). 

Get your head up from the chessboard and answer the following:

1) How do you know that they are actually military?  The only way someone can tell if I am military is if I tell them.  I drop all sorts of funds at Houston area businesses all the time, and virtually none of them know I am military.  They only way they can find out is if I pull out my ID and show them, which I do only on occasions or when I feel there is a need.  When I was active duty, I rarely ventured out in public in uniform: this isn't Prussia, after all.

2) If they are military, they betetr not be contributing financially to Ron Paul's campaign, or anyone elses, for they are violating regulations at that point. 

Face it, sarc, Ron Paul wants, and craves, an America that is so whiny and pathetic and helpless on the world stage, that it can't do anything for itself.  Perhaps I can consider Ron Paul the most pro-EU or pro-China of any candidate, considering how he ACHES to cough up "superpower status" to them?) That is most disagreeable to me. 

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1. Yes there were deaths in Somalia, not a need to try and school me, I was there. However the implication that we “mowed” down civilians indiscriminately is beyond nuts. Last time I checked, there are no spectators at an ambush. Additionally the notion of troops being sent in to as he stated “murder” Adid is also beyond nuts. Due to lack of support for the mission, cutting and running implies we were not accomplishing our goals. Adid never was a primary mission until the incident with the Pak Army. The “intervention” you speak of was of humanitarian aid which evolved due to increased attacks against our personnel. Also I’m not a fan of being called a war criminal. Bending over and smiling was not going to ensue.

2. “During the Iraq war, American troops were instructed to use specially equipped tanks to bulldoze the trenches that held Iraqi soldiers- Not a single American was hurt, so meager was the resistance. Thousands of Iraqis, teenagers coerced into the army by the dictator Hussein, were buried alive, while the unprecedented military tactic was hidden from the public through media censorship. Captain Benny Williams, who Led the charge was awarded the Silver Star for his role. Also hidden: the apparent fact that many of the rag-tag teenage soldiers were trying to surrender as they were entombed.” Sorry, but that's directed at the troops also. The implication here is that troops were ordered to commit a war crime with no hesitation at following through, that these war crimes were covered up. If he knew of all of this, then were was the investigations?

3. Military Pork? Yes, let’s roll the clock back to when we had no money for training equipment and upkeep….just the way you want a military. I do know there are instances where congressmen appropriate funds for the military in which there are items provided that they didn’t request, not sure why we fault the military for this instead of the congressman.

4. Military Production….Am I mistaken in the fact that we should maintain an operational military with up to date equipment leading edge technology, and better training which ultimately results in not only fewer casualties on both sides, but a less likelihood that opposing forces would act, knowing we have these abilities? But what exactly has the military R&D given us anyhow, I mean only things such as sonar technology which led to advanced mammograms and early detection of cancer, medical advances which has saved numerous lives, communications technology…..so on and so on…..

5. “The Soviet archives have been a real source of amusement since they have been opened. Armand Hamner, the wealthy, pro-Communist businessman who earned a fortune off the Soviet government, was one of the few Americans permitted to do business with the Soviet Union at the height of its Leninist and Stalinist terror. He was even permitted to own an apartment in Moscow and a Russian art collection. Now the archives show he personally transported funds from the Soviet Union to fund the new U.S. Communist Party in the 1920s. A highly placed staffer in the Reagan White House once told me that Hammer was one of the handful of people able to call the President directly without any screening!” Oh, a highly placed staffer….sounds like something pulled out of thin air when media states “according to a high ranking official who wishes not to be named”. That usually means it’s BS.

6. “A LEAD BALLOON to Jack Kemp (R-NY) and Bob Dole (R-KS) who have introduced legislation to forcibly close the Palestinian Information Office in Washington. They would also ban delegates from the Palestinian Liberation Organization at the United Nations. The authors call this bill an "Anti-Terrorism Act." But what about terrorism that uses government force to suppress free expression in this country?” Really, and the examples of this are? Yes, how crazy of them to want to close something related to terrorism, silly rabbit……

7. Foreign Money: Yes, I suppose if you’re receiving foreign money, it’s best to also point that out of others…..

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