PRESS
RELEASE from Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
For
Immediate Release: October
3,
2011
Contact: Kate
Schackai
Ron Paul to Launch New Hampshire Veterans
for Paul
MANCHESTER,
N.H. -- GOP
Presidential
candidate and
Texas Congressman Ron Paul will stand tonight in Nashua with American
veterans
from six decades of wars to formally announce the launch of New
Hampshire
Veterans for Ron Paul.
“We
joined the armed services to defend this country, not to occupy other
nations
and police the world,” said Phil Nazzaro, a Town Councilor from
Newmarket and a
10 year veteran of the United States Army.
“Today, our foreign policy is itself a threat to our national security,
and as veterans we can’t stand idly by when there is a candidate who
understands what it would really take to make America safe.”
New
Hampshire Campaign Chair, State Senator, and decorated Air Force
veteran Jim
Forsythe added, “Ron Paul has taken a lot of flak from people who can’t
see the
difference between strong national defense and an aggressive,
expensive, and
endless offensive on foreign soil. I’ll tell you who understands that
distinction: an American who wants to defend this country and then go
home in
peace.”
In
twelve terms in Congress, Ron Paul has been a tireless advocate on
behalf of
veterans and constitutional national defense. In the wake of 9/11, he
voted to
track and capture Osama bin Laden, and he has repeatedly lobbied for
foreign
policy to be brought into line with the facts relayed by our own
intelligence
agencies and economic reports: that foreign occupation creates more
enemies
than friends; that unconstitutional wars harm America by subverting
checks on
presidential authority; and that unending war will bankrupt this
country.
“We
desperately need a new foreign policy direction,” said Congressman Paul
today.
“One of strong defense, respect for peace, and leadership by example.
“I
am humbled by the support I’ve received from our brave service members
and
veterans,” he continued. “These are Americans who have placed
themselves in
harm’s way, asking only that we risk their lives to defend this
country.
Their courage deserves far more respect than it has gotten from a
federal
government that won’t even declare the wars it asks them to fight.”