I support Ron Paul. His philosophy is to RESPECT other nations and their own sovereignty by letting them practice it the way they see fit. Israel has plenty of nuclear weapons and one of the top Air Forces around the Middle East (well, theeee Top Air Force in the Middle East, since both the US and Israel have a tendency of wiping out everybody else's air forces). The best way we as Americans can support Israel is to let her practice that sovereignty, not by subsidizing their war machines. By doing that, Israel becomes more and more dependent on the United States and will never have true sovereignty.
And if the United States is such a GREAT ally of Israel, then why do we give more weapons and subsidies to her enemies than to her?
I do not believe we should be subsidizing any foreign government at this time, the simple truth is that we cannot afford to do it anymore. Not only are we going through an energy crisis at the moment, but do you know that in the very near future we are going to be going through a Social Security and Medicare crisis as well? America, from an American standpoint, has to come first; and all other nations must take a back burner in light of our present and imminent problems.
The best way to support Israel is to get out of the Middle East and let her defend herself. With us there, it is just making things worse for them. We should be supporting Israel by having a foreign policy of non-interventionism and peaceful trading practices, and bringing our troops home to protect our borders.
We just cannot afford trying to keep our empire afloat by having all these military bases in over 130 countries all around the world. We got the technology and the military might, let's don't use it to force the rest of the world to think just like us; that is a total discredit to their sovereignty in general, and is an abrupt attack upon their God given liberties.
Let Americans be Americans, Israelis be Israelis, Iraqis be Iraqis--just stop intervening in their affairs and practicing a policy of preemptive warfare! We need to establish peaceful trading relations with all nations again.
