Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 10:58:47 -0500
From: txliberty@hotmail.com ("Terry L Parker")
Subject: [libs4peace] Predictions By Congressman Ron Paul
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[Austin/Houston area US Rep Ron Paul argues for non-intervention from a conservative/libertarian
perspecive ('talking points')  --TLP]


 http://www.rense.com/general24/paul.htm

Predictions By Congressman Ron Paul
Canada NewsWire Canadian Union Of Public Employees 
www.cupe.ca
4-26-2


        Our government intervention in the economy and in the private affairs
of citizens, and the internal affairs of foreign countries, leads to uncertainty
and many unintended consequences. Here are some of the consequences
about which we should be concerned. 

        I predict U.S. taxpayers will pay to rebuild Palestine, both the West
Bank and the Gaza, as well as Afghanistan. U.S. taxpayers paid to bomb these
areas, so we will be expected to rebuild them. 

        Peace, of sorts, will come to the Middle East, but will be short-lived.
There will be big promises of more U.S. money and weapons flowing to Israel
and to Arab countries allied with the United States. 

        U.S. troops and others will be used to monitor the "peace." 

        In time, an oil boycott will be imposed, with oil prices soaring to
historic highs. 

        Current Israeli-United States policies will solidify Arab Muslim nations
in their efforts to avenge the humiliation of the Palestinians. That 
will include those Muslim nations that in the past have fought against each
other. 

        Some of our moderate Arab allies will be overthrown by Islamic fundamentalists.


        The U.N. will continue to condemn, through resolutions, Israeli-U.S.
policies in the Middle East, and they will be ignored. 

        Some European countries will clandestinely support the Muslim countries
and their anti-Israel pursuits. 

        China, ironically assisted by American aid, much more openly will sell
to militant Muslims the weapons they want, and will align herself with 
the Arab nations. 

        The United States, with Tony Blair as head cheerleader, will attack
Iraq without proper authority, and a major war, the largest since World War
II, will result. 

        Major moves will be made by China, India, Russia, and Pakistan in Central
Asia to take advantage of the chaos for the purpose of grabbing land,
resources, and strategic advantages sought after for years. 

        The Karzai government will fail, and U.S. military presence will end
in Afghanistan. 

        An international dollar crisis will dramatically boost interest rates
in the United States. 

        Price inflation, with a major economic downturn, will decimate U.S.
Federal Government finances, with exploding deficits and uncontrolled spending.


        Federal Reserve policy will continue at an expanding rate, with massive
credit expansion, which will make the dollar crisis worse. Gold will be
seen as an alternative to paper money as it returns to its historic role 
as money. 

        Erosion of civil liberties here at home will continue as our government
responds to political fear in dealing with the terrorist threat by making
generous use of the powers obtained with the Patriot Act. 

        The draft will be reinstated, causing domestic turmoil nd resentment.


        Many American military personnel and civilians will be killed in the
coming conflict. 

        The leaders of whichever side loses the war will be hauled into and
tried before the International Criminal Court for war crimes. The United States
will not officially lose the war, but neither will we win. Our military
and political leaders will not be tried by the International Criminal Court.


        The Congress and the President will shift radically toward expanding
the size and scope of the Federal Government. This will satisfy both the 
liberals and the conservatives. 

        Military and police powers will grow, satisfying the conservatives.
The welfare state, both domestic and international, will expand, satisfying
the liberals. Both sides will endorse military adventurism overseas. 

        This is the most importat of my predictions: Policy changes could 
prevent all of the previous predictions from occurring. Unfortunately, that
will not occur. In due course, the Constitution will continue to be steadily
undermined and the American Republic further weakened. 

        During the next decade, the American people will become poorer and 
less free, while they become more dependent on the government for economic 
security. 

        The war will prove to be divisive, with emotions and hatred growing
between the various factions and special interests that drive our policies
in the Middle East. 

        Agitation from more class warfare will succeed in dividing us domestically,
and believe it or not, I expect lobbyists will thrive more than ever
during the dangerous period of chaos. 

        I have no timetable for these predictions, but just in case, keep them
around and look at them in 5 to 10 years. Let us hope and pray that I am
wrong on all accounts. If so, I will be very pleased. 


        http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul29.html 

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