Ron Paul - Imagine - STOP POLICING THE WORLD!

http://revolutionpac.com/defense This is a message from the "Godfather" of the Tea Party to Obama. Now that we have killed Osama Bin Laden it is time to end the wars and stop policing the world.

A little bit of history: the Tea Party movement started when Ron Paul raised a record $6 million in 24 hours on the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party in December 2007. Here is the USAToday article on that event: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-12-17-ronpaul-fundrai...

This talk is called "Imagine" and it was given by Ron Paul on March 11, 2009. The original text of the talk is below:

Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of "keeping us safe" or "promoting democracy" or "protecting their strategic interests."

Imagine that they operated outside of US law, and that the Constitution did not apply to them. Imagine that every now and then they made mistakes or acted on bad information and accidentally killed or terrorized innocent Americans, including women and children, most of the time with little to no repercussions or consequences. Imagine that they set up checkpoints on our soil and routinely searched and ransacked entire neighborhoods of homes. Imagine if Americans were fearful of these foreign troops, and overwhelmingly thought America would be better off without their presence.

Imagine if some Americans were so angry about them being in Texas that they actually joined together to fight them off, in defense of our soil and sovereignty, because leadership in government refused or were unable to do so. Imagine that those Americans were labeled terrorists or insurgents for their defensive actions, and routinely killed, or captured and tortured by the foreign troops on our land. Imagine that the occupiers' attitude was that if they just killed enough Americans, the resistance would stop, but instead, for every American killed, ten more would take up arms against them, resulting in perpetual bloodshed. Imagine if most of the citizens of the foreign land also wanted these troops to return home. Imagine if they elected a leader who promised to bring them home and put an end to this horror.

Imagine if that leader changed his mind once he took office.

The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese troops would be if they were stationed in Texas. We would not stand for it here, but we have had a globe-straddling empire and a very intrusive foreign policy for decades that incites a lot of hatred and resentment towards us.

According to our own CIA, our meddling in the Middle East was the prime motivation for the horrific attacks on 9/11. But instead of re-evaluating our foreign policy, we have simply escalated it. We had a right to go after those responsible for 9/11, to be sure, but why do so many Americans feel as if we have a right to a military presence in some 160 countries when we wouldn't stand for even one foreign base on our soil, for any reason? These are not embassies, mind you, these are military installations. The new administration is not materially changing anything about this. Shuffling troops around and playing with semantics does not accomplish the goals of the American people, who simply want our men and women to come home. 50,000 troops left behind in Iraq is not conducive to peace any more than 50,000 Russian soldiers would be in the United States.

Shutting down military bases and ceasing to deal with other nations with threats and violence is not isolationism. It is the opposite. Opening ourselves up to friendship, honest trade and diplomacy is the foreign policy of peace and prosperity. It is the only foreign policy that will not bankrupt us in short order, as our current actions most definitely will. I share the disappointment of the American people in the foreign policy rhetoric coming from the administration. The sad thing is, our foreign policy WILL change eventually, as Rome's did, when all budgetary and monetary tricks to fund it are exhausted.

CREDITS:
Voice and Music was done by Jeremy Hoop
Video animation was done by Nicholas Bozman and MysteryBox. http://mysterybox.us

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[matrixfree1]

Ron Paul is the only candidate I see out there that isn't Main Street. Which means he's the only one that is going to change anything in Washington. This is getting painfully obvious, Ron Paul is the only real hope for America.

Mitt Romney. I don't think so!

Rick Perry. You're joking right?

Newt Gingrich. Really....?

Even people halfway paying attention are starting to see the obvious. Ron Paul has been warning us about everything that has transpired. This guy is smart and honest.

[damogosh]

please please please americans, vote for this guy, for the sake of the planet!

[steelroc7]

these countries would not be dead. they would be better off. they don't even want us on their land.

[RossJross13]

Now if we with draw all out troops from these country we can say africa is dead South korea is dead Iraq is dead. Now we can say once north korea takes south Korea they gonna start bulding up on there military and nukes. and then to make matter worse when Iran takes iraq. they will build up on there military and nukes, then they will threaten us with war like china has already! and its bad enougth that we have china hacking into our def ferms and other stuff!

[RossJross13]

‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing’

If u vote for Ron Paul. You can bet any war that is going on in the world. United states want help. we are the only good people that are doing something to stop the Evil! If we dont help these other countrys who will? No one will! If we let The evil countrys take over all the good countrys they will just build up and atacke us once they ally with all the other evil nations. And u can bet U.S.A will lose!~!!~!!!!

[798unionpipeliner]

Why would china have military base in America we dont have one in there country.We have bases around the world so that we can be ready to fight wherever we're needed. we have agreements with those countries to be there . So how is having an agreement with a country make them hate us

[meioww111]

If you want peace and stop the wars vote this guy if not then don't.. all up to you

[798unionpipeliner]

@PrivateAckbar What would happen if america stoped policing the world??? well it wouldn't be so free

so when your in paris on a vacation remember america stoped hitler and the soviet's by policing the world But go on give it all away if you think it's so bad and dont you cry when your kids are run over by communist tank's like china did to there ppl in Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 communist dont so love or( follow example like RON PAUL whats to set )

[PrivateAckbar]

I have so much love for this man.

[faller006]

This Speech got me wet

[faller006]

thumbs up if you think they should make a movie of this actually happening, this speech would even be more popular...