Shall we return back on the topic on hand, as OP had entitled? There is more than enough of Israel and Arabs issue on other threads than this.

I have no issue on whom seeks for the highest office in the land, if not in the world, be it Mr. Ron Paul, President Obama, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, or Mr. John Huntsman, etc, for that choice for the encumbent is upon the sacred votes of society at large, not just mine alone.

More critically, it is the message that the encumbent brings to the public. And sadly, I feel that there is an error here by Mr. Ron Paul, and it must be corrected here and now before more dammage is done to society.

If you dont like the service of a shopkeeper, reasonably due to his product, price or service, would you continue to patronise him? I doubt so, nor would you recommend your family, relatives and friends.

This is only natural and a right of humans. It is only a commercial transaction, which are of choices, nothing more. Similarly sanctions.

But for Mr. Ron Paul to claim that such acts are act of war which in reality prevent wars and loss of precious human lives, I fear he may be suffering from senility, thus the loss of logic and reason.

If he is right, it would mean the economic sphere would be a real battlefield, with every worker packing a 9mm, if not AK 47 daily, in the competitive market place dictated by Capitalism - survival of the fittest, which also means the shopkeeper has now a right to shoot you if you don't patronise his stall.

Extrapoliate it into the international stage, you would have a clearer understanding of What sanctions truly mean, and realise it is not 'An act of War', as Mr. Ron Paul dumbfoundedly denounced, and would be frightening if he meant it should he becomes the leader of the nation. We would be at war daily.

And he had held many dubious views over critical issues that are alarming for the security of the nation. It is one thing for supporters to be loyal, but is quite another to support critically wrong beliefs held by the leader, which go against logic and reason. It becomes more than support and had entered into the realm of culthood,- cult of personality, where the leader is held as a mighty being, capable of no wrong, by his supporters.

I hope that he and his supporters may realize the mistakes made, and correct them. We are all flawed anyway. But if not and such beliefs are continued to be held throughout, he will not make much gain, and if against all reason and logic he becomes the President, then USA will be in a lotta pain.

I sincerly and humbly apologise to supporters of Mr. Ron Paul, if my insignificant post proves offensive. I seek nothing, but only the truth to be told, or we will never progress as a race - the human race.