You've all seen Ron Paul's latest "What If" Speech, right? Have you seen his "What If" speech from 2005?
Here's a small excerpt:
1. What if the policies of foreign intervention, entangling alliances, policing the world, nation building, and spreading our values through force are deeply flawed?
2. What if it is true that Saddam Hussein never had weapons of mass destruction?
3. What if it is true that Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were never allies?
4. What if it is true that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein did nothing to enhance our national security?
5. What if our current policy in the Middle East leads to the overthrow of our client oil states in the region?
6. What if the American people really knew that more than 20,000 American troops have suffered serious casualties or died in the Iraq war, and 9% of our forces already have been made incapable of returning to battle?
7. What if it turns out there are many more guerrilla fighters in Iraq than our government admits?
8. What if there really have been 100,000 civilian Iraqi casualties, as some claim, and what is an acceptable price for “doing good?”
9. What if things become worse under a Defense Secretary who demands more troops and an expansion of the war?
10. What if we discover that, when they do vote, the overwhelming majority of Iraqis support Islamic (Sharia) law over western secular law, and want our troops removed?
11. What if those who correctly warned of the disaster awaiting us in Iraq are never asked for their opinion of what should be done now?
12. What if the only solution for Iraq is to divide the country into three separate regions, recognizing the principle of self-determination while rejecting the artificial boundaries created in 1918 by non-Iraqis?




















Good stuff
And for anyone still believing the 9/11 fairy tale, Dr. Paul's own admission that the garbage that passed in 9/11's name had been on the table and proposed years before...well, you know...
But you know, there is something in the brains of most humans that enables them to ignore the most basic logic and moral reasoning. What the "bleep" is that about most of our totally frustrating brethren???
That Speech Set to Metallica
This is a great youtube with Dr. Pauls speech with Metallica music in the background. Awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqAF-Alc7CM
It's amazing how much time he got.
These days they're lucky to get 5 minutes.
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just finished. one thing came to mind over and over again...
i wonder if dr paul ever gets tired of being right.
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if you build it he will come..........Ron Paul 2012.
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This is great!
Dr. Paul makes me think more than any teacher I have ever had. I am glad he brought back this speech theme. Still watching...
is there a Digg yet?
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You are a beautiful person!!
Awesome!
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Your Welcome. For any Ron
Your Welcome. For any Ron Paul Floor Speech, video or transcript check out.
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/congress/?q=node/77530&pid=45747
Thanks both of you.
Thanks both of you.
wow. nice find.
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if you build it he will come..........Ron Paul 2012.
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Sweet, Indeed
Now we need a video and some music to go with it. What a great speech.
"What If?" should just be our motto, or bumper sticker, or t-shirt logo. It'll make people curious - a good conversation starter.
T Shirt For Sure
I had this idea - when RP what if 2009 surfaced....
I pulled a bunch of those classic quotes from that speech to go on the back of a shirt -
if anyone here makes shirts let me know - I would like to share my idea
with you....
And here is the video of Ron Paul's 2005 "What If" speech
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/congress/?q=node/77531&id=7650801
That's a really good idea.
When someone say's "what if what", answer with (Memorize this):
What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interests?
What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is a predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others and has nothing to do with us being free and prosperous?
What if propping up repressive regimes in the Middle East endangers both the United States and Israel?
What if occupying countries like Iraq and Afghanistan - and bombing Pakistan - is directly related to the hatred directed toward us?
What if someday it dawns on us that losing over 5,000 American military personnel in the Middle East since 9/11 is not a fair trade-off for the loss of nearly 3,000 American citizens, no matter how many Iraqi, Pakistani, and Afghan people are killed or displaced?
What if we finally decide that torture, even if called "enhanced interrogation techniques," is self-destructive and produces no useful information - and that contracting it out to a third world nation is just as evil?
What if it is finally realized that war and military spending is always destructive to the economy?
What if all wartime spending is paid for through the deceitful and evil process of inflating and borrowing?
What if we finally see that wartime conditions always undermine personal liberty?
What if conservatives, who preach small government, wake up and realize that our interventionist foreign policy provides the greatest incentive to expand the government?
What if conservatives understood once again that their only logical position is to reject military intervention and managing an empire throughout the world?
What if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests?
What if we as a nation came to realize that the quest for empire eventually destroys all great nations?
What if Obama has no intention of leaving Iraq?
What if a military draft is being planned for the wars that will spread if our foreign policy is not changed?
What if the American people learn the truth: that our foreign policy has nothing to do with national security and that it never changes from one administration to the next?
What if war and preparation for war is a racket serving the special interests?
What if President Obama is completely wrong about Afghanistan and it turns out worse than Iraq and Vietnam put together?
What if Christianity actually teaches peace and not preventive wars of aggression?
What if diplomacy is found to be superior to bombs and bribes in protecting America?
What happens if my concerns are completely unfounded - nothing!
What happens if my concerns are justified and ignored - nothing good!
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Dr. Paul is such a wise teacher.
Spoken like a true American statesman.
awesome, i love it. nice
awesome, i love it. nice compiling.
Dr Paul did it.
Awesome is a perfection description!
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I'm On It
Test me at the end of the week ;-)
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"........WHAT IF?"
Sweet
words of wisdom in any year -
non-intervention foreign policy
what if - the so called leaders now would simply ask .... what if?