WASHINGTON (PNN) - February 13, 2011 - The conservative group Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) announced Saturday that Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) would be expelled from the group's National Advisory Board because of his "delusional and disturbing alliance with the fringe antiwar movement."
"It is a sad day in American history when a one-time conservative-libertarian stalwart has fallen more out of touch with America’s needs for national security than the current feeble and appeasing administration," YAF’s Senior National Director Jordan Marks said in a statement. Rep. Paul's refusal to support our nation's military and national security interests border on treason, aside from his failure to uphold his oath to the United States Constitution and defend our country and citizens against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
According to the group's founding statement of principles, the Sharon Statement, "American foreign policy must be judged by this criterion: does it serve the just interests of the United States?"
Supporters of Ron Paul shouted down former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, in a sign of a growing foreign policy rift on the American right.
Young Americans for Freedom helped to found the CPAC 38 years ago along with other conservative organizations, such as the American Conservative Union.
Cheney appeared on the first day of the 2011 CPAC to introduce Donald Rumsfeld, the former Bush-era defense secretary, who was scheduled to receive this year's "Defender of the Constitution Award."
Ed. Note: In my opinion, YAF is a government shill. Any organization that calls dedication to liberty and the Rule of Law delusional is a group unworthy of attention or support by Real American Patriots.
