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I taped the Sunday GOP debate and watched it when I got home from church.
Brownback was questioned about an anti-Romney ad which accused him of signing a bill into law which increased taxpayer-funding of abortion and other accusations. Brownback said this ad was true, but Romney denied the accusations. The fact that Romney and McCain believe that abortion should legal in cases of rape and incest was not brought out in this debate. Giuliani maintained his pro-abortion position.
Tom Tancredo and Mike Huckabee spoke in favor of the Fair Tax plan. Brownback said he favored the Flat Tax plan.
Ron Paul was the only one who spoke out against the war in Iraq. Mitt Romney responded to this by saying, “He’s forgetting about 911.” But Paul had already said that Iraq had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks. None of the other candidates denied this statement, nor did they give any real justification for the war. Paul also said that the war was unconstitutional and illegal (because the U.S. never officially declared war on Iraq). None of the other candidates could make any argument against this statement either. Paul said that he supported the war in Afghanistan, but was against nation-building it.
The candidates were asked about what they thought about Barak “Oh, bomb ‘er” Obama’s plan to attack Pakistan if they do not take on the terrorists along the Afghanistan border. Duncan Hunter argued that the Pakistanis have started to make progress, but it is difficult because of the terrain. Mitt Romney responded by criticizing Osama (err… Obama), saying that he was willing to sit down and talk with our enemies, but yet would bomb our “ally”. I actually agree with Obama’s recent statements, but I don’t know if he is serious or just saying it to get votes. I would never endorse him because there is little or nothing else (besides Iraq) that I agree with him about.
The candidates were questioned about when it is too soon to start having elections when the U.S. is nation-building a democracy. Some of their answers were so foolish. They think they should wait until the populace will vote the way “we” would have them vote. I wrote an article recently which exposed the U.S. funding of terrorism and the hypocrisy of nation-building. (I failed to mention in that post that the U.S. is giving billions of dollars in weapons to the nation in which the Wahabbi (Osama Bin Laden’s) sect was founded—Saudi Arabia.)
Brownback said he supported a “three-state” solution in Iraq. This means he favors that the U.S. should try to divide Iraq into Kurdistan, a Sunni state, and a Shiite state. I believe that the Kurds are descendents of the Assyrians, and the Bible says that the nation of Assyria will be reestablished. There will be a highway from Assyria to Egypt (Isaiah 11:16) and the Egyptians will serve the Assyrians (Isaiah 19:23). In the day that the great trumpet will sound, those who are perishing in Assyria and Egypt will come and worship the Lord in Jerusalem (Isaiah 27:13). I don’t think, however, that the U.S. should try to fulfill this prophecy. God can bring it to pass without our help. (As Christians we should try to help fulfill the last part of the prophecy by evangelizing the Assyrians and Egyptians as well as all ethinic groups.)
Tommy Thompson snubbed Brownback’s remark by saying that we have already divided Iraq into 18 states and we can’t even get Iraqi leaders to agree on little things much less how to divide up oil reserves, etc.
Brownback was questioned about an anti-Romney ad which accused him of signing a bill into law which increased taxpayer-funding of abortion and other accusations. Brownback said this ad was true, but Romney denied the accusations. The fact that Romney and McCain believe that abortion should legal in cases of rape and incest was not brought out in this debate. Giuliani maintained his pro-abortion position.
Tom Tancredo and Mike Huckabee spoke in favor of the Fair Tax plan. Brownback said he favored the Flat Tax plan.
Ron Paul was the only one who spoke out against the war in Iraq. Mitt Romney responded to this by saying, “He’s forgetting about 911.” But Paul had already said that Iraq had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks. None of the other candidates denied this statement, nor did they give any real justification for the war. Paul also said that the war was unconstitutional and illegal (because the U.S. never officially declared war on Iraq). None of the other candidates could make any argument against this statement either. Paul said that he supported the war in Afghanistan, but was against nation-building it.
The candidates were asked about what they thought about Barak “Oh, bomb ‘er” Obama’s plan to attack Pakistan if they do not take on the terrorists along the Afghanistan border. Duncan Hunter argued that the Pakistanis have started to make progress, but it is difficult because of the terrain. Mitt Romney responded by criticizing Osama (err… Obama), saying that he was willing to sit down and talk with our enemies, but yet would bomb our “ally”. I actually agree with Obama’s recent statements, but I don’t know if he is serious or just saying it to get votes. I would never endorse him because there is little or nothing else (besides Iraq) that I agree with him about.
The candidates were questioned about when it is too soon to start having elections when the U.S. is nation-building a democracy. Some of their answers were so foolish. They think they should wait until the populace will vote the way “we” would have them vote. I wrote an article recently which exposed the U.S. funding of terrorism and the hypocrisy of nation-building. (I failed to mention in that post that the U.S. is giving billions of dollars in weapons to the nation in which the Wahabbi (Osama Bin Laden’s) sect was founded—Saudi Arabia.)
Brownback said he supported a “three-state” solution in Iraq. This means he favors that the U.S. should try to divide Iraq into Kurdistan, a Sunni state, and a Shiite state. I believe that the Kurds are descendents of the Assyrians, and the Bible says that the nation of Assyria will be reestablished. There will be a highway from Assyria to Egypt (Isaiah 11:16) and the Egyptians will serve the Assyrians (Isaiah 19:23). In the day that the great trumpet will sound, those who are perishing in Assyria and Egypt will come and worship the Lord in Jerusalem (Isaiah 27:13). I don’t think, however, that the U.S. should try to fulfill this prophecy. God can bring it to pass without our help. (As Christians we should try to help fulfill the last part of the prophecy by evangelizing the Assyrians and Egyptians as well as all ethinic groups.)
Tommy Thompson snubbed Brownback’s remark by saying that we have already divided Iraq into 18 states and we can’t even get Iraqi leaders to agree on little things much less how to divide up oil reserves, etc.
The most poignant moment of the debate for me was when the candidates were asked what their greatest mistake was. I was moved by Tom Tancredo’s answer. “I have no doubt… It took me thirty years before I realized that Jesus Christ is my personal Lord and Savior,” he said.
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Click here for my coverage of previous debate.
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