Thursday, December 17, 2015

A Tiny Voice Of Sanity

The Nation: Rand Paul Got It Right: Trump ‘Would Defy Every Norm That Is America’ - The senator challenged the billionaire on behalf of basic liberties. And in so doing he showed why Trump is not qualified to be president. By John Nichols
...Paul explained, “The Constitution says otherwise. I think they’re both wrong. I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them. I think if we ban certain religions, if we censor the Internet, I think that at that point the terrorists will have won. Regime change hasn’t won. Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam. I think if we want to defeat terrorism, I think if we truly are sincere about defeating terrorism, we need to quit arming the allies of ISIS. If we want to defeat terrorism, the boots on the ground—the boots on the ground need to be Arab boots on the ground.”

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

Seems Rand and Sanders agree on that one. Of course the FEAR of terrorism is in itself a form of using terrorism to terrorize people into submission. The GOP and the Corp. (D) buy into terror porn because it keeps Americans shitting their pants over a non-threat a boggie man and they endlessly buy it. How else do u explain it? Plus, it keeps the huge Defense establishment rolling in cash and gives all those new Colonels a way to being Generals.

Jim Sande said...

I've never understood why it's okay for an American Christian to shoot up 10 people and someone different and Christian can do this every other day, another mass shooting. We just shake it off. Yet if a Muslim does this, people are ready to buy into Trump or Fiorina. it's terrorism. It makes no sense. It's like it's okay if you die from brain cancer but liver cancer, oooh no. I like this term terror porn, perfect.