Prediction, Romney will get nominated then lose to obama in 2012.
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He has been very frank about it and said himself that he would need congress to go along for his policies to work. He said he didn't think congress would do that. I could see him being in a major battle with congress almost from the start.
In trying to better understand Ron Paul I've dwelled on a small thought experiment. Instead of trying to speculate about what would happen worldwide I just concentrate on one small example.
Take the Korean penninsula. What would happen there if Ron Paul were president assuming he had sufficient congressional support to implement his policies.?
He has said he would bring all troops and equipment home from South Korea. If he did that what would happen?
I'm convinced that nothing would happen. I don't believe North Korea would immedietely attack South Korea or overrun Seoul. I don't think North Korea would attack Japan or really do anything they aren't already doing. If that is true then maybe he is right and we don't need to keep a single soldier there. I think probably South Korea would try to develop nuclear technology but part of me thinks they already have. The South has a large industrial base and produces some very good scientists and engineers. They probably already have their own nukes or we may have supplied them. It is likely the status quo would remain intact.
That makes me considerably less dismissive of Paul. It at least makes me wonder "what if he is right?".
I guess it is obvious I'm not liking Romney.
Now you are getting it bro.
Are you just saying that as a guess, or are you familiar with the current relationship between north and south Korea and have formed an objective opinion.
I ask because I think it is a bit crazy how little press the Korean situation gets compared to the middle east. When was the last time you heard of a country in the middle east launching long range weapons in the direction of their enemy, then burying them in the ocean? When was the last time you heard of a middle eastern country aggressively sending battleships into enemy waters, simply to stir the pot and test the US for a reaction?
My point is that these things happen frequently in Korea even though the press here doesn't cover them much. North Korea is dangerous for one main reason. They don't have any trade relationships to protect. Their main source of foreign revenue is from weapons sales. Iran must protect its oil industry, so they are served by not causing too much trouble.
North Korea is actually rewarded for causing more trouble and without the US presence the war between north and south would already have resumed.
Wow,you flip more then Mitt
