{"id":2994,"date":"2014-03-17T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T20:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayharvey.org\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2014-03-17T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T20:53:56","slug":"ron-paul-is-supporting-putins-illegal-occupation-of-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/ron-paul-is-supporting-putins-illegal-occupation-of-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Paul Is Supporting Putin’s Illegal Occupation of Crimea?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“In the Crimea crisis, it seems Ron Paul thinks that libertarianism stops at water\u2019s edge,” writes<\/a> James Kirchick at The Daily Beast<\/a>. <\/p>\n

He continues:<\/p>\n

“Paul bases his support of the Crimean referendum on libertarian grounds, as if what\u2019s happening half a world away under the watchful eyes of the Russian military is akin to a Tea Party protest demanding less federal control over education policy.”<\/p>\n

In 2008, when Ron Paul was running for the first time against Barack Obama (et al), and his popularity was surging, I myself wrote an article critical of Ron Paul — an article entitled The Apotheosis of Ron Paul<\/a> — which was published in a local newspaper, and which, somewhat to my surprise, generated a great deal of anger from people nominally on my side.<\/p>\n

Now, just over five years later, I often find myself equally surprised at how frequently people still<\/i> ask me about that article — mostly when I’m working<\/a>. <\/p>\n

My answer: I stand by everything I wrote in the initial article<\/a>, and Ron Paul’s recent remarks<\/a> anent the Crimean crisis illustrate nicely why.<\/p>\n

Read James Kirchick’s full article at The Daily Beast: Ron Paul is Supporting Russia’s Illegal Occupation of the Crimea<\/a>
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“In the Crimea crisis, it seems Ron Paul thinks that libertarianism stops at water\u2019s edge,” writes James Kirchick at The Daily Beast. He continues: “Paul bases his support of the Crimean referendum on libertarian grounds, as if what\u2019s happening half a world away under the watchful eyes of the Russian military is akin to a … <\/p>\n

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