Ron Paul was not invited to the The Republican Jewish Coalition’s (RJC) forum on Wednesday, December 7 because the hosts think Paul is “too extreme” or has views they think are not consistent with the GOP. However if you listen to the above video, Paul says all the right things; he supports Israel’s right to say whether or not Iran is an existential threat to Israel and should be attacked, he agrees that Israel has the right to determine its own borders, independent of outside influence or pressure….he claims to have supported Israel’s strike against the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981, purporting to be the only voice of support within the US government at that time. So why is it that such a candidate would receive a snub from a group of Republicans when he so clearly has consistently supported Israel?
The reason for Jewish Republican ire is the very first statement he made in the video above when he said he is a non-interventionist. Despite all the things Paul believes in vis-a-vis Israel he is not willing to lend that country unconditional support for things that are not shared, mutual interests. He is able to separate American interests, the political entity he is seeking to lead, from Israeli interest and where the two do not meet, he’s not willing to sacrifice American interests for Israel, and that is a problem for Israel firsters. Paul, until now, has been able to resist the conflation of the two countries into one all encompassing, inseparable interest. In so doing he’s acknowledged American financial, military, and human resources will not always be available for Israeli capriciousness and that seems to be the problem with Jewish supporters of Israel here in America. It seems Israel would prefer the political infighting and strong arming that has come with previous Republican administrations that opposed, on the face of things, Israel policies with respect to her borders and neighbors, but who would at some point caved and gave them the money and materiel requested to continue Israeli expansionist policy. Paul’s policy statements on Israel are indeed consistent with Israeli interests, except for American financial and military support and oddly enough just as Paul asserts, these ideas are consistent with the GOP platform. However, today’s body politic has taken such a far turn to the right and American politicians go through such extremes to genuflect before Israel and her supporters here and there in Israel, Paul can be successfully painted as an outsider or even an anti-Semite due to his stance.
One last interesting note to make about the forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition is none of the other GOP candidates expressed support for Paul’s presence at the event. It would appear that there is no possibility of dialogue when it comes to Israel….it is not welcomed, supported, or even sought after. It is a self imposed censorship the participants seem to be particularly interested in maintaining. Not one voice was raised to protest Paul’s exclusion from the forum, yet the ever clownish Donald Trump “debate” has already had three GOP candidates say they will not attend, Ron Paul being one of them, amid cries that the debate is no more than a publicity stunt for Trump, in a way to legitimize and insert himself into the political process. That Trump debate however, has received round condemnation from at least 3 candidates and various pundits. For the moment, America’s politics have been taken hostage by naked Israeli self-interests which spare no dissent from a complete and total surrender thereof. Ron Paul is another recent victim of this trend.
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