Ron Paul: Iran justified in closing Strait of Hormuz
Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:51 AM PST
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Ron Paul's loony and dangerous foreign policy stance just got loonier and more dangerous:
... At a campaign event in Iowa Thursday, Paul called Western sanctions imposed against Iran over its nuclear activities "horrendous" and "acts of war," while repeating earlier assertions that Iran would understandably want to develop a nuclear weapons capability, the Los Angeles Times reported.
On Iran's threat to close Hormuz, the Texan congressman said that as president he would not respond with military action to any such move, as he would not consider it an act of war against the United States. Instead, he would refer the matter to the U.S. Congress.
Not only did Paul say that he would not respond militarily to Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz, he even went so far as to add that Iran would be justified in cutting off the strategic waterway in response to sanctions.
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