What I like about this video is the contrast between John McCain's argument Ron Paul's. John tries to manipulate people emotionally. "Let us win. Let us win" he quotes the troops in Iraq, as if Ron Paul is preventing them from winning.
Ron rebukes logically, with - gasp! - DATA! Ron's response is something to the effect of "if 'let us win, let us win' is the the prevailing sentiment, then why do I get more money from active military than any of you other republicans?" As an aside, the only person to get more money from CURRENTLY enlisted military is Obama. So what's the take home message? Obama is anti war (to an extent). Ron Paul is anti-war completely and unequivocally. Today's enlisted military is anti-war. If money talks, then it's sayin "Get us out of here!"
On another point, John McCain all but BLAMES the United States for the rise of Hitler. McCain IGNORES the effects of the Treaty of Versailles. John, don't blame America. Hitler wasn't our fault. Ron Paul should have used Giuliani's line and modified it and said, "I've heard some pretty absurd explanations for WWII. And I would ask the Senator to withdraw that comment and tell us he really didn't mean that."
Lastly, Ron Paul in the post debate interview correctly assess McCain's current political career. McCain has bet his entire career on the idea that the war in Iraq was a good idea. As data comes in saying that the war and the sure WASN'T a good idea, McCain's entire political career is in question, and he's scrambling to sell it to America.
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