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'I wouldn't send US troops to fight Nazis'
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 27.12.11, 23:53
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1. Henry Ford has reincarnated
Hal Roach ,   Miami   (12.28.11)
2. Ron Paul falling into pieces
Beary White ,   Norway   (12.28.11)
Looks like he has got a lot of money from the muslims in US, or he is getting old and cannot take care of himself anylonger.
3. He is right
Nina ,   NYC   (12.28.11)
Did we save the Armenians? Did we save Darfur? Did we save millions killed in China?
4. US didn't fight the nazis to save Jews
BH ,   Iowa   (12.28.11)
US fought nazi scum to save England, who created the problems in the middle east by restricting Jewish return while bussing in arabs. Jew haters in the US government at the time wouldn't even admit Jewish refugees to escape genocide in Europe.
5. Ron Paul is a Saudi lobbyist
Frank ,   Canada   (12.28.11)
He is not a true isolationist, he is isolationist only when it comes to Israel. He is the representant of a lobby who is misusing Libertarian ideas to hide a true support to authoritarian and anti-Jewish ideas. After WW2, these people used libertarian arguments with bad faith to oppose Nuremberg trial for their friends.
6. We didn't go to war in WWII to save Jews though, so I'm not
Henry from New York ,   USA   (12.28.11)
really sure what he means. Does he means that they would have gone to Europe but avoided the concentration camps? I don't get it. If we had had an isolationist like him during the War we would either have a case where Europe would be dominated by Germany or (if they had managed to pull it off without Lend-Lease) a Europe completely dominated by the USSR which "liberated" all of Nazi-dominated Europe and that is not taking into account the possibility that the Nazis would have attacked the United States to make sure we stayed out of Europe.
7. Allow me to tell this scum bag
Joe ,   Newtown USA   (12.28.11)
something of history - First they came for the Jews, then they came for the Catholics, and then they came for the gays, and when they came for me.. there was no one there to help.
8. Dumb story -- Roosevelt didn't intervene either
Larry Martin ,   Boston, USA   (12.28.11)
The historical record, tragic as it is, clearly shows that the American objective during World War II was to defeat the Nazis, not save the Jews. Say what you will about Ron Paul's fringe isolationist stance, but to say that he would have behaved worse to the Jews than the World War II American leadership is inaccurate.
9. Frightening lack of history & HUMANITY
Ezra ,   USA ISRAEL   (12.28.11)
This man is clearly insane or completely out of touch with reality AND history. First of all, everyone already KNOWS that the US DID NOT GO TO WAR TO SAVE THE JEWS: THEY WENT TO FIGHT JAPAN & THE nazis, HELP THEIR ALLIES (ENGLAND & FRANCE). So, Paul is either an historical IDIOT or confused. Second: He is CLEARLY not only Anti-Semitic, he is ANTI-BUMANITY: he would be the MOST frightening leader in world history. If it up to him, the nazi scum would be the world superpower NOW and the US would surely have been a colony. What an IDIOT!!! One MUST look at the big picture to realize these facts, Paul is a COWARD, OSTRITCH and a total SUB-SIMIAN CREATURE who will now earn his rightful place in history as a baboon with no morality. Piece of garbage!
10. That's that then! Bin his candidacy
Tarbouche ,   Aswan   (12.28.11)
11. Busted.
Ariel ,   Europe   (12.28.11)
12. Why is this gnome still on the LOOSE ???
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (12.28.11)
13. The Israelis have their eye upon you, Ronny
Cameron ,   USA   (12.28.11)
14. why is that controversial?
james ,   ny usa   (12.28.11)
since when is it the responsibiltiy of americans to save jews? when did the jews ever do anything for americans? this article is a joke
15. heartless fanatic but that was the policy
Phil ,   USA   (12.28.11)
Ron Paul wouldn't lift a finger to save anyone. However, he is also a lousy historian. The US did not fight Hitler to save Jews. It went to war against the nazis because Hitler declared war on the US after the US declared war on Japan following the Pearl Harbor bombings. Once America entered the war against the axis, the American leadership did little to rescue the Jews from annihilation. The US and England refused to bomb the Auschwitz death camp---even though allied bombers flew over it frequently on their bombing missions against Germany. Actually, it was not until millions of Jews had been murdered that a Christian official in the Treasury dept. told Sec. of State Morganthau about the murders and the abominable State Dept. policies that actually prevented the rescue of Jews--especially those of Breckinridge Long and the indifference of FDR. Morganthau threatened to go public if FDR didn't do something to save the remaining European Jews. Obviously, if Ron Paul had been president, the heartless freak would have allowed the nazis not only to murder all the Jews of Europe, he would have done nothing to help England or Russia and Hitler would have conquered the entire world---including America.
16. FDR said the same thing
Mychal ,   TN, USA   (12.28.11)
The Allies knew Germany were killing Jews (although it doesn't seem anyone realized how many were dying) and all of the Allied leaders decided individually and collectively that they didn't want to spare war resources to "save Jews." FDR and the American military thought that they need to save everyone from the Germans, and the best way to do that was through a steady march across Europe. The book "Escape from Sobibor" shows that America knew that Jews were being killed; one man who broke into a concentration camp and got out again reported what he saw directly to the government. Jewish resistance groups in Europe asked the Allies to bomb the crematoria at Auschwitz as soon as bombers were within range. Even Eleanor Roosevelt asked her husband to do something for the Jews. To no avail. I would say if we had it to do all over again, people would not make the same choice, then I remember how many millions of people have died in North Korea at the hands of their government and I realize nothing's changed. As the "Why We Fight" propaganda film said about isolationism pre-WWII, "No one wanted to go to war for some mud huts in Ethiopia or China."
17. false hypothetical
dd ,   ny, usa   (12.28.11)
The USA DIDN"T save Jews, so what was he talking about?
18. AS
Jef Simon ,   Manila, PH   (12.28.11)
Well, he is an anti-Semite no doubt. For who could have a moral leanings when you see your neighbor horribly dying at those camps and not lifting up a finger. Truly, he is not Christian. He does not know LOVE, which Jesus Christ said we should have. A Good Samaritan he is not.
19. US did not declare war on Germany
John   (12.28.11)
The US entered WWII when Japan bombed Pearl Habor and, then because of her treaty with Japan, Germany declared war on the US. Therefore, the US did not take a moral stand during WWII for anyone let alone Jews. The US back then had not spine and was allowing Nazi Germany to rampage over Europe without and only entered the war when attacked by Japan. Spineless then, and spineless now.
20. America did not enter the war to save Jews
USA   (12.28.11)
Why would any Jew expect to be "saved" by a gentile anyway? Jews don't even want to save themselves. Never ending wars for 62 years is not the way. Land for peace is not the way. And I am a Jew by the way. Don't expect salvation from Washington. I am a Jew and I approve this message. Ron Paul is just what Israel needs and America by the way.
21. Didn't Henry Kissinger say a similar thing
USA   (12.28.11)
About soviet Jewry and himself a Jew.
22. Ron Paul's right. Jews wouldn't die to save the US either
Karl ,   Munich   (12.28.11)
23. #3 Nina: You ignorant Israel hater
Tom ,   USA   (12.28.11)
The U.S. did not even let the infamous SS St. Louis --full of Jewish refugees -- to enter American ports. The ship was returned to Germany where all perished in the Death Camps. There was a movie made with Faye Dunaway titled "Voyage of the Damned" based on that tragic event. Without the Hungarian-German Jewish scientists like Teller, Einstein, Leo Szilard, Oppenheimer etc. the Manhattan Project could not have started. With the "A" bomb it was the E. European Jewish mind that vanquished imperial Japan in the end. Only you ignorance is greater than your vicious antisemitism. Also the fledging, nascent Israel was attacked by the British Arab Legion led by Sir John Glubb pasha: the US did not help the Jews. It was Stalin who provided the armament and saved Israel. Americans pretend to be the "saviors of the world" yet they didn't do squat only bragging about.
24. Good learning experience for us.
Tom ,   USA   (12.28.11)
R. Paul appearance on the public scene brought to the fore the latent and enduring antisemitism in the American society. The masks are off: all the leftist, rightist Jew haters now worship this cult leader kook;- they are united in hate. R.Paul main magnetism rests with his Israel hatred: that's his true value in the eyes of many. Him as a presidential contender gave legitimacy to PolCorr. antisemitism which was un-cool to vent until now: he let the devil out from the bottle -- we must not depend on the US for survival.
25. Ron Paul not fighting Nazi's
Harold ,   Vancouver U.S.A.   (12.28.11)
I'm not sure why it's important now than Ron Paul said he wouldn't have sent troops to fight the Nazis. He's been very firm in his positions, unlike almost every other politician, so why does this one issue warrant discussion now? He also wouldn't have sent troops to stop Joseph Stalin who killed millions more Soviets than Hitler killed Jews. Does that make him the wrong material for president? I hardly think so. According to him, if he's asked by other countries for help, he'll gladly send help but he's not going to uninvited. Too bad some recent presidents haven't had the mentality.
26. Manchuria
Zivron   (12.28.11)
If the USA would have mobilized in 1931 a lot of jobs would be created the Japanese empire thwarted and a lot of lives saved .Same applies to Nazi Germany. Ron Paul is a fool I would not trust him with him Mexico will take over with libeterian cocaine einmasse addicts with perforated nasal adoring and strokes.
27. No politician anywere would risk
R ,   Israel   (12.28.11)
resources to save Jews or other threatened peoples. Look what's going on in Africa. Does any American politician, whether Democrat or Republican, or any European or other politician anywhere step in? Politicians act either in the interest of their country, or in their own interest. Since Jews are threatened on a regular basis, Israel must be the Jewish homeland. Now we can save our own.
28. #3 and others with same views
Boaz ,   Australia   (12.28.11)
I wonder what on earth are you doing looking at Israeli blogs, left or right. Your comments just show how ignorant and hateful you are and maybe you should read at least one sentence out of the whole Thora .. He who saves one life ....... the rest read it for yourself!
29. Creep
PRA ,   USA   (12.28.11)
I'm a republican and I don't like this creep !!!
30. Would Jews save Syrian lives.......
Robert ,   Australia   (12.28.11)
............after all, it's only a stone's throw away?
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