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Related: About this forumThe Libertarian Civil War Over Ukraine
James KirchickRon Pauls noninterventionist supporters are getting into a war of their ownagainst libertarians who support Ukraine.
The latest episode in the brewing Cold War between libertarians over foreign policy is set to take shape this weekend at an international student conferencewith former congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul standing at the epicenter.
Paul is scheduled to deliver a keynote address in Washington Friday evening at the International Students for Liberty (SFL) Conference, a confab bringing together some 1,500 students from over 100 countries devoted to the principles of classical liberalism, free markets, and individual rights. But Pauls presence on the dais has provoked frustration among some members with roots in the former Soviet Union who view the Republicans statements regarding Russia with disdain.
Unfortunately, Ron Paul is someone very respected in the West, but if you look very broadly when it comes to Ukraine and Eastern Europe, his rhetoric is pretty insulting to me as an Eastern European, says Eglė Markevičiūtė, an international board member of SFL and former Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Liberal Youth. In response to SFLs decision to host Paul this weekend, she started an initiative with two other young libertariansAlexandra Ivanov, a student at Stockholm University whose father is Russian, and Irena Schneider, a Russian-Americanentitled, I am a classical liberal and I dont support Ron Paul.
Citing their experience marching for liberty in demonstrations against the reign of President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the young women fault Paulwhom they call an advocate of Russian aggressionand his eponymous think tank for regurgitating [Russian] propaganda alleging that Ukraines Maidan revolution was a fascist coup, that the annexation of Crimea was legal, and that there are no Russian forces operating in Ukraine.
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The Libertarian Civil War Over Ukraine (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2015
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)1. Ron Paul has gone off the deep end after leaving the spotlight...
And as expected, all his fanbois on DU have been silent...
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)2. So let me get this straight:
RP has been about non-interventionism, but he's OK with Russia's invasion of Ukraine? He really is a fake libertarian.