A good online comment from someone named "Buddy"

The following is not written by me. It is a comment to an article online that I thought was pretty good:


This is why I support RON PAUL. There are three things about present day America that I find FRIGHTENING (I'm not sure which is most frightening):

1. Our failed, imperialistic, foreign policy: The Iraq war is only the most visible part of the problem. We have troops in I-don't-know-how-many countries world wide. Bush and his cronies talk about promoting "democracy," but before Saddam decided to grab Kuwait the US strongly supported Saddam. We have also regularly supported a long list of repressive regimes: the Shah of Iran, the current Saudi government, who knows how many African and South American war lords, etc. Lets face it. Most of the world hates us. Terrorism is simply a by-product of our own foreign policy. Every time an Iraqi child is killed with the US occupying the country - regardless of whether we had anything to do with the death - more hatred is generated and more Islamics volunteer or give money to the terrorists. I cannot support a presidential candidate who does not offer a fundamental change of our foreign policy. RON PAUL will bring all the troops home, stop policing the world, and stop meddling in other country’s affairs.

2. National debt: the official debt is approaching $9 trillion dollars, but if you add in the amounts that the government is supposedly committed to pay out in entitlement programs, such as social security and medicare, the debt is over $50 trillion. The situation is absolutely unsustainable. If spending is not controlled, we are facing either massive default by the government or Weimar Republic style inflation. I am frightened that the result will be a depression that makes the 1930s look prosperous. Most of the Republican candidates talk about controlling spending and balancing the budget but, in practice, they spend, spend, spend. The Democratic candidates hardly mention the problem and propose massive new spending. I cannot support a presidential candidate who will not downsize the federal government and drastically cut spending. RON PAUL is the only candidate has proposed eliminating entire government departments. He is serious about smaller government.

3. The Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act, etc.: Using 9/11 and the terrorists that our own foreign policy has generated as an excuse, the Bush administration has essentially repealed the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments and the habeas corpus clause of the Constitution. The government admits that it is engaged in internet spying, wiretaps, and in some cases, physical searches without probable cause or a warrant. People are being held in cognito, without trial or even indictment. They are denied legal counsel and are not permitted to bring a writ of habeas corpus. The general public seems to believe that only persons of Arabic decent are affected, but the possibility of this being extended to political dissenters is frightening. The German public of the early 1930s thought only Jews were affected. I cannot support a presidential candidate who will not restore the Bill of Rights. RON PAUL was one of the few Republicans to vote against the Patriot Act. He is pledged to uphold the Constitution, not destroy it.