I like Ron Paul but his Foreign Policies are just insane. You can not cut all ties with foreign countries and revert back to isolationism. Ron Paul is too radical. There are no good candidates this time around, just what they want to feed us. The only way you will ever find a good President again is if someone with enough money to fund their own campaign that came from decent roots and wasn't spoiled as a child won. Then and only then you have a slim chance that Washington politics don't corrupt their moral fiber and they can actually get something good done...but then again once all the Congresspeople start to see that said President is going to change how things are run they will shut down everything they propose. A good balance between Republicans and Democrats is what this country needs, not people who will only support something if it has an elephant or donkey logo. Bipartisanship is the only way anything will ever get done, no President will ever be able to fix this. Presidents are good for foreign policy and diplomatic relations, but very rarely are they good for anything else.
Ron Paul is not an isolationist, but a non-interventionist. Which is what America needs.
Calling Dr. Ron Paul an isolationist comes from simply not understanding the significant differences between isolationism and non-interventionism, mainly, with the issue of trade.
Isolationism is the doctrine of completely isolating our country from the affairs of other nations, and focusing exclusively on the growth of our own country.
Non-interventionism on the hand promotes trading with other nations, as a means to build good diplomatic relations, and for the betterment of all parties involved.
Furthermore, it doesn’t rule out using military force as an option, but proponents feel that it should only be used as a last option, to come to the defense of an ally under attack, or more importantly, to defend our own country if under attack, or directly threatened by attack.
Lastly, taking such military action as a last resort should only be done with the advice and support of the Congress. This policy is in sharp contrast to
interventionism propagated by
neoconservatives, which promotes upholding UN resolutions, overthrowing governments and replacing them ones of our own choosing, and other actions not related to our own direct security. In short, it promotes our country “policing the word”, which puts a hardship on the American people with the draining of resources and more importantly the loss of life, not to mention goes directly against the ideas of freedom of liberty. It’s hypocritical.
