Former Congressman Ron Paul got out in front of something that was beginning to be a fear lingering in the back of the minds of many Americans when he said the unrest in Kiev is a matter for the Ukrainian people to address, not the United States."The American people are very leery of getting involved in another squabble in some other country,” Paul told Fox News on Wednesday shortly after both sides of the conflict agreed to a truce after two days of violence resulted in 26 deaths. "I would be willing to wager most of the people in the Ukraine would like to see the United States stay out, and they’d like to see the Russians stay out.”
"I think talking and diplomacy is the answer here," the libertarian icon told Neil Cavuto on his Fox News program.
"We could use a lot more wavering," he said. "We could use a lot more discipline in trying to set a moral standard here at home, and taking care of our own business.
"I think the more procrastination, the better," Congressman Paul said.
Paul called for a coalition government in Ukraine, and said it should be formed without the involvement of the two superpowers.
"We've tried it for too long," he told Cavuto. "The American people are sick and tired of it — and we're also out of money."
When Obama warned Ukraine that "there will be consequences" for violence if civilians are hurt or if the military becomes involved in a situation that civilians should resolve it sounded a lot like what he said a year ago about Syria.
Coming on the heels of Obama’s attempt last year to circumvent the Constitution and begin another war in the Middle East in Syria and calls from the usual neo con suspects for more American involvement in Ukraine, and in Venezuela too, Paul’s remarks were a wake-up call and a call to action for those who don’t want to see an Obama-led foreign adventure in Eastern Europe or South America.
To view Ron Paul’s interview with Neil Cavuto click here.
By CHQ Staff
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