Does Ron Paul provide “aid and comfort” to our enemies?

During the Jan 10 Fox News Channel Republican presidential debate, when Ron Paul raised the specter of the Gulf of Tonkin when discussing the recent incident between US Naval warships and Iranian speedboats in the Straight of Hormuz, I nearly fell off my chair. Said Paul:

It reminds me of what happened in the Gulf of Tonkin. We went to war there, then, later on, found out there was a lot of false information.

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So here we have — let’s put it in perspective. We have five small speedboats attacking the U.S. Navy with a Destroyer? They could take care of those speedboats in about five seconds. And here we’re ready to start World War III over this?

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And now, guess what, today, the Navy commander of the Fifth Fleet was on ABC and announced that, you know, that voice might not have come from those vessels. So what does that mean? Was there a rush to judgment on this, ready to go to war?

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And you know there are people in this administration and in Washington, D.C., that are looking for the chance. They were so disappointed with the national estimate on intelligence. And they were disappointed that there’s no attempt to build weapons in Iran since 2003.

It’s somewhat disconcerting that so many people would vote for a guy like Ron Paul that is so prone to raising and promoting numerous conspiracy theories normally reserved for the far fringes of the spectrum. I just can’t imagine somebody like that ever becoming president.

Consider some statements made by Iranian officials about the matter. I found them today as I perused the MEMRI Iranian Media Blog. Are you as struck as I was as to the similarity of Ron Paul’s statements and those of the mouthpieces of that Islamic/fascist state?

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said today that the U.S. video of the January 5 incident in the Strait of Hormuz involving Iranian patrol boats and U.S. warships was archive footage and that the audio was faked. [link here]

Calling footage broadcast by the U.S. media of last week’s naval incident in the Strait of Hormuz between U.S. Navy warships and IRGC speedboats "artificial and fabricated of archive pictures," Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) lieutenant commander Gen. Ali Fadavi said that the IRGC navy was giving the mass media "the full footage of the ordinary control and inspection [process] carried out in the case of the [U.S.] vessels." … Gen. Fadavi stressed that because Bush’s trip to the region had failed, it was clear that the Americans had launched a media smear campaign over the incident. [link here]

[Tehran interim Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, in addition to the main goal of "regaining the lost prestige of his Republican Party"] said Bush’s "second goal" in visiting the region was to depict Iran as a threat to its neighbors. Khatami also said that last weekend’s incident in the Strait of Hormuz was in line with the U.S. attempt to portray Iran as a threat, and called it "a funny and false show." [link here]

After some quick research, it appears Mitt Romney’s comeback to Congressman Paul’s rant about the incident wasn’t simply humor- it turns out to be the truth!. Watch the video to see what I mean:

Just think, if he were to ever get elected president, Ron Paul probably wouldn’t have to wear his tin foil hat when he goes to bed anymore. After all, aren’t the walls and ceilings of the White House already lined with lead or something to keep "them" from eavesdropping?

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