DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post - 'I wouldn't send US troops to fight Nazis'

**Lt_Apple** · 12-27-2011, 10:18 PM

Very out of step with most Republicans.
I hope they take notice.

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's past statements are coming back to haunt him – and this time it's about the US' role in ending World War 2 and the Holocaust.

Following a controversial revelation by a former aide to the congressman, saying that Paul "wishes Israel didn't exist," another blogger said Tuesday that in 2009 Paul went on the record as saying that if he were the president of the United States during WWII he "wouldn't have risked American lives to end the Holocaust."

Journalist Jeffrey Shapiro posted a 2009 interview he held with the GPO's leading candidate, in which Paul clearly states that if it were up to him at the time, saving the Jews from annihilation in Europe would not have been a "moral imperative."

"I asked Congressman Paul: If he were president of the United States during World War II would he have sent American troops to Nazi Germany to save the Jews? And the Congressman answered: No, I wouldn't." read more at http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...167841,00.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...167257,00.html

12-27-2011, 10:18 PM	#1
Lt_Apple Join Date Dec 2008 Posts 4,489 Senior Member	'I wouldn't send US troops to fight Nazis' Very out of step with most Republicans. I hope they take notice. Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's past statements are coming back to haunt him – and this time it's about the US' role in ending World War 2 and the Holocaust. Following a controversial revelation by a former aide to the congressman, saying that Paul "wishes Israel didn't exist," another blogger said Tuesday that in 2009 Paul went on the record as saying that if he were the president of the United States during WWII he "wouldn't have risked American lives to end the Holocaust." Journalist Jeffrey Shapiro posted a 2009 interview he held with the GPO's leading candidate, in which Paul clearly states that if it were up to him at the time, saving the Jews from annihilation in Europe would not have been a "moral imperative." "I asked Congressman Paul: If he were president of the United States during World War II would he have sent American troops to Nazi Germany to save the Jews? And the Congressman answered: No, I wouldn't." read more at http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...167841,00.html http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...167257,00.html
	Quote