WHY I CANNOT SUPPORT RON PAUL

by Lawrence Wilson, MD

Candidate Ron Paul has some excellent ideas such as slashing the size and scope of the US federal government, auditing the Federal Reserve and ideally getting rid of it, as it is thoroughly unconstitutional, and many others. Dr. Paul is also a good Christian man and a fighter who has been in Congress for years. However, he holds a few important positions on the issues that I believe are very destructive. Before discussing specifics, I want to set up this short article by emphasizing what is wrong with Ron Paul’s thinking in a nutshell.

LIBERTARIAN PHILOSOPHY DEMANDS A VIRTUOUS PEOPLE

The main flaw in Dr. Ron Paul’s libertarian approach, which I support in theory, is that the libertarian model for the United States or for the world requires and demands a religious, Judeo-Christian oriented population that is fit to govern itself. This is made extremely clear in the writings of the founders of America such as Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, among many others.

These geniuses clearly understood that to be self-governing, the people had to have strong moral and mental virtues and training that would guide them. Otherwise, people must be guided from outside by their government or chaos reigns.

Anyone who denies this simply is not familiar with American history and the beliefs of the American founders. They were all devout Christians, unlike what is taught in our schools today. Every single one of them was well-versed in the bible and biblical commentary. Every single one of them accepted Jesus of Nazareth as a truthful representative of the biblical truths that all must follow to be happy and healthy.

Every single one of them was a patriot of this type, not the type of libertarian today like Ron Paul, John Stossel, Andrew Napolitano and others of their type who want us to legalize prostitution, homosexual marriage, recreational drug use and more. This is the problem with Ron Paul, in a nutshell. While opposing abortion, Dr. Paul does not embrace or understand the need for the entire society to revert to its Judeo-Christian origins, which would then guide the people to make all wise decisions for themselves, their families and their communities, and even the larger world.

Until the entire society, or a large part of it, reverts to its Judeo-Christian origins as America had at one time, just giving people license to do exactly as they please won’t work and does not work wherever it is tried.

We are often lied to that loose morals and easy access to drugs is working in places such as Portugal, Netherlands, San Francisco, Hong Kong and a few others. It is not working well in these places, I contend. It reduces some types of crime, and the people may seem happier. However, the people’s health declines from sexually transmitted diseases and drugs that make the people happy but ruin the brain. Evaluating whether drugs, loose sex and other behaviors are “working” must be done very carefully and deeply or the studies and reports are deceptive, which is just what the Empire wants.

Unless and until Ron Paul changes his positions on the critical issues discussed below, I see him as a dangerous candidate. I believe he is probably receiving plenty of money from Mexican drug cartels, Russian spies, and the Iranian and Chinese governments to push America away from stopping some of the worst activities on planet earth.

Here are the two critical issues:

1. Allowing Iran and many other nations to develop nuclear weapons and basically to do exactly as they please around the world. This is an insane attitude. Ron Paul’s position is that it is none of our business what Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Red China, or other communist nations do. He says we should pull all of our troops out of all nations and just defend America. This is a nice idea, but it will not work today. It is too easy to bring a nuclear weapon in a suitcase on a small fishing boat to the shores of America or any nation, and detonate it.

It is also too easy for these nations to sponsor terrorism, revolution and takeover small, poorly defended nations all over the globe.

2. Ron Paul believes our military should be cut to the bone. He does not realize that the American military, while certainly not perfect, in fact keeps the peace around the world better than anyone else, and far better than groups such as United Nations or most national armies. Indeed, it is the most spiritual force on planet earth that is keeping many nations from succumbing to communism, dictatorship and Islamic extremism. The idea that American military strength should be cut back, I feel, is a huge mistake and one of Ron Paul’s and Barak Obama’s worst errors of judgment.

It is a very dangerous world, and while no military force is perfect, the US military is the best, by far – the most humane, the most gentle, the most selfless and self-sacrificing and the most potent and effective as well, when given the chance, which is not often today.

3. Stopping the war on drugs. Many opponents of America and what she stands for would love to destroy America with drugs. This is very well known among intelligence officials. Ron Paul’s position is to abandon current federal laws against marijuana and perhaps other drugs, and just let families, churches and communities handle the problem of drug use. Obviously this would not work, as many states have passed medical marijuana laws, even though marijuana destroys the mind and body. Legislators are influenced by false propaganda from pro-marijuana groups, or they are bought off, raped, or even murdered if they oppose the drug cartel agenda.

Ron Paul’s position would open America to drugs in a big way, and make the severe problems associated with recreational drug use much worse. What is needed is the opposite – enforce the borders and stop the drug infiltration of America. Sadly, our government won’t do that for whatever motives and reasons. In similar fashion, the federal government looks the other way regarding the “medical marijuana laws” (placed in quotes because 98% of the people who smoke pot are not sick, so it is not medical marijuana at all for most people). Marijuana is one of the worst drugs, in my clinical experience. I don’t care what some so-called “experts” say.

The “medical marijuana laws” all violate federal law and are just a backhanded way to legalize marijuana. This has been shown in all states that have adopted these laws. There is a powerful lobby that supports these laws, and they don’t care about the population, but want to destroy the people of America with drugs. To learn more, read Medical Marijuana on this website, and other articles on the internet.

I am sorry I cannot support Ron Paul, because he has many excellent ideas. However, please consider all of Mr. Paul’s positions, and realize that the forces that wish to destroy America may love Mr. Paul. Do you want to side with them?

Courses | About Dr. Wilson | The Free Basic Program