Ron Paul talks to RT’s Dina Gusovsky about the war in Afghanistan and Barack Obama’s “foolish” decision to send 30,000 more troops, how they print money out of thin air to pay for the wars, the Federal Reserve and his Audit the Fed bill, Ben Bernake, his Free Competition in Currency Act of 2009 and more.

Dina Gusovsky: “Do you agree with Barack Obama sending 30,000 more troops over there (to afghanistan)”

Ron Paul: “No, I radically oppose that idea! It’s foolish! It’s totally wasteful, he can’t win, he doesn’t even know what the goals are. We shouldn’t even make this attempt to occupy and nation build in Afghanistan, so I think it’s a serious mistake. You know 8 years is long enough to figure out you made a mistake, so I say get out of there and come home. Before we spend a lot more and more people die.”

Barack Obama addressed the nation last night (Dec.1) in a prime time address from the US Military Academy in West Point to announce his order to send 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan over the next 6 months and his strategy to defeat Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Video of Barack Obama’s FULL address to the nation from US Military Academy in West Point (Dec.1, 2009):

Don’t you just love how Obama resurrected Bush’s 9/11-fear-resolve-unwavering speech? Naomi Wolf was right about Obama being no better than Bush.

We mistakenly posted an additional 34,000 troops were being sent to Afghanistan in a post the other day, but then again, we may still see more troops sent in the future.

Correction: Obama to send 30,000 troops to afghanistan – Click here for FULL VIDEO of his address to the nation

US President Barack Obama will be sending an additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan. It isn’t the 40,000 that General Stanley A. McChrystal requested, but Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell says there would be an expectation that NATO allies would also commit some forces.

How come the Afghan war is starting to have similarities to the Vietnam war?

The New York Times reports that Ahmed Wali Karzai, who is the brother of Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai and an alleged opium smuggler and war profiteer, has been taking money from the CIA.

Watch the CBS Video:

Related:
Reports Link Karzai’s Brother To Afghanistan Heroin Trade
Brother Of Karzai Denies Links To Heroin

Have you seen the video “The Truth and Lies of 9/11” by Michael Ruppert who is a former L.A. Police Officer who talks about the CIA’s role in the drug trade.

Interesting that the CIA is involved with the Afghanistan President’s brother who is linked to Afghanistan’s Heroin Trade now isn’t it?

Matthew Hoh, who is a former Marine, resigned from his Senior Foreign Service officer position in the Zabul province of Afghanistan, stating “I fail to see the value or the worth in continued US casualties or expenditures of resources in support of the Afghan government in what is, truly, a 35-year-old civil war”.

ABC News Video:

Click here for a PDF file of the actual resignation letter from Matthew Hoh.

Video of Matthew Hoh’s Letter of resignation:

Related:
Matthew Hoh answers Washington Post reader’s questions