Is Ron Paul an Isolationist?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolationism

Isolationism is the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities. Two other terms often confused with Isolationism are:

Non-interventionism (this is what RP's view can closely be categorized as) – Says that political rulers should avoid entangling alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial differences (self-defense). However, most non-interventionists are supporters of free trade, travel, and support certain international agreements, and therefore differ from isolationists.
Protectionism – Relates more often to economics, there should be legal barriers to control trade and cultural exchange with people in other states.



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This is what Keynesian is about
Keynes was quite clear on one point: it does not matter what the government invests in. It does not matter if the government spends every dime on building pyramids. Or the government can bury paper money in jars, and hide these jars around the community. This way, individuals will have an incentive to go out and dig up jars of money, and therefore this will stimulate the economy. You might think I am exaggerating here, but this is specifically what Keynes taught in his supposedly magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936).

On that note it also goes back to world war II and the great depression, they see wars as something that stimulates the economy, this is actually fed to you in public school in a round about way. We are taught their version of history...additionally Austrians, libertarians, and anarchist are completely left out of their history. In my six years of college I took a lot of political classes but I only learned about this stuff on the internet when I specifically sought for it. I encourage everyone to read about political philosophy on your own merit especially look at libertarian and anarchist books and it will change your world view dramatically.

our language is so flawed that the labels we put on people, ideas, etc will never accurately and thoroughly describe them

thanks for the Ron Paul thread, we really needed another one.

And yes, he's an isolationist. He doesn't just want to stop military action, he wants to cut off all foreign aid.

Its funny that is dan's reply following what dtp wrote....I swear he doesn't read anyone's posts. DTP put it pretty well..."foriegn aid" ..."militrary action"...."isolationist"...putting these words by themselves without any real context but a negative connotation is not being honest. Tell us Dan how do these words connect?

Ron Paul wants to open up trade around the world and he thinks diplomacy and setting a good example is important, this is one of the most important thing to him, one example he wants to do radical crazy things like trade with cuba.

Ron Hall Town Hall from 3 days ago.
[video=youtube;mJUXGXngS64]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJUXGXngS64[/video]

Ron Paul has no concept at all of 21st century geopolitics. He has no sense of how globalization is unfolding and America's role in it. He is an old man whose time came and went decades ago. He's not a serious candidate, he is just a distraction.

Illegal Smile said:

Ron Paul has no concept at all of 21st century geopolitics. He has no sense of how globalization is unfolding and America's role in it. He is an old man whose time came and went decades ago. He's not a serious candidate, he is just a distraction.

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In that why he is on the House Foreign Affairs Committee? the Joint Economic Committee? and the Committee on Financial Services (as Ranking Member of the Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology subcommittee, and Vice-Chair of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee).Is that why he constantly wins elections and is doing well in the polls now? What Qualifications do the other candidates have in this regard? The other candidates spend their spare time watching football and basketball.

Is that why he doesn't understand geo-politics?

deprave said:

In that why he is on the House Foreign Affairs Committee? the Joint Economic Committee? and the Committee on Financial Services (as Ranking Member of the Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology subcommittee, and Vice-Chair of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee).Is that why he constantly wins elections and is doing well in the polls now? What Qualifications do the other candidates have in this regard? The other candidates spend their spare time watching football and basketball.

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He is on those committees because he has seniority because he is old as dirt.

If just holding an office made you qualified to hold it, then Obama would be qualified to be president. LMAO!