Tea at Trianon: Rand Paul is Telling the Truth About the Iran War

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Monday, October 28, 2024

Rand Paul is Telling the Truth About the Iran War

From The Rand Paul Review:

Missile strikes on Iranian oil drilling sites and reserves are unconstitutional. The response comes amidst Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon. Iran launched ballistic missiles against Israel after its aggression in Lebanon.
The unfortunate truth of the military action in Lebanon is that it displaced more than a million innocent Lebanese people. President Biden went on the record stating alternatives to bombing Iranian oil sites should be considered. However, it appears that the United States’ aid to Israel is financing attacks on Iran’s oil fields.
"No administration has done more to help Israel than I have." – President Biden
The problem with the Biden administration’s continued financing of Israel’s war against radical Muslims is that it is costing you, the taxpayer. Moreover, our tax dollars are being used for war, albeit by proxy.
As Paul points out, Congress never voted to go to war. Therefore, the use of American taxpayer dollars for war in the Middle East is unconstitutional. (Read more.)