So who on either side think Ron Paul was right?

Question

just wondering...I do, can anyone really say our foreign policy had nothing to do with it, it's not a justification for it, just saying that it definitely could be considered a cause, regardless if it's just(which obviously it isn't)?

Answer 1

If Dr. Paul is wrong so then is Michael Scheuer, author and former CIA specialist on Bin Laden. Here´s what Scheuer said:

The politicians really are at great fault for not squaring with the American people. We´re being attacked for what we do in the Islamic world, not for who we are or what we believe in or how we live. And there´s a huge burden of guilt to be laid at Mr. Bush, Mr. Clinton at both parties for simply lying to the American people.

Question. What do we know that this CIA guy doesn´t know?

Answer 2

I do.

The problem is those on the right are unable to make the distinction between causality and justification.

American foreign policy is not a justification for 9/11, however it was one of the causes of 9/11.

If you still think this is wrong, read the 9/11 commission report, it completely corroborates the notion that Ron Paul was putting forward.

Answer 3

Sorry Ron Paul disciples. He's not equipped to be Prez. I believe Ron Paul is awesome on most all the issues--Constitutional governing, smaller government, reduced taxation, individual rights etc. But he's just plain far out in his understanding of American foreign policy and our role in the world. Guiliani went after him because he said, basically, "let's listen to what our attackers said about why they attacked us". That's BS. I don't want a President who thinks like that. I have no doubt we have been sloppy in our involvement in the Middle East, but I dare say that non interventionism is precisely what brought us 9/11. It's not the other way around.

It began with President Reagan retreating after our Marines were killed in Beirut and continued with the Clinton form of buffet style intervention in the Baltic region while ignoring attack after attack on our national interests put us in the crosshairs of Jihadism. Ron Paul is just not telling the truth and is severely misguided. Non intervention is NOT an adequate foreign policy. I'm glad the French didn't believe it during the Revolution and I wish Clinton believed in it less as we sacrificed American life after American life to the cauldron of Islamic Jihadism.

Ron Paul is a brilliant guy and so so right on so many issues. It's a bummer he torpedoes his credibility when he starts talking foreign policy.

Answer 4

"Congressman Paul commented how America's history of interventionism in the Middle East has led to an unpopular view of the U.S. in Middle Eastern countries. Agreeing with what has previously been asserted by the 9/11 Commission Report and the CIA's specialists on al Qaeda, Paul stated that the CIA removal of an elected Iranian leader (the 1953 removal of the democratically elected leader of Iran, Mohammed Mosaddeq in Operation Ajax) and the bombing of Iraq in the 1990's, culminating in the ongoing Iraq war, has led to increasing anti-American sentiment in the Middle East. He went on, stating that these events have also led to terrorists developing such a hatred for America that they're willing to die in suicide attacks. He said, "They attack us because we've been over there. We've been bombing Iraq for 10 years. We've been in the Middle East [for years]. I think [Ronald] Reagan was right. We don't understand the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics. Right now, we're building an embassy in Iraq that is bigger than the Vatican. We're building 14 permanent bases. What would we say here if China was doing this in our country or in the Gulf of Mexico? We would be objecting."

Answer 5

IN PERSON THAT READS AND KNOWS HISTORY AND IS FOR AMERICA WOULD BE FOR RON PAUL......

TODAY THE DEMS AND REPUBLICANS ARE THE SAME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A VIEW MINOR DETAILS. THEY ARE A BUNCH OF ANTI-AMERICA, GLOBALIST LOVING, FEAR-MONGERS THAT DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT ANYTHING..............

RON PAUL HAS BEEN IN CONGRESSES FOR 20 YEARS AND NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE THE VOTING RECORD TO BACK UP HIS FOUNDING FATHER TYPE MATERIAL LABEL, NOT ONE OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES AND SAY THAT. HE HAS NOT BEEN COMPROMISED LIKE THE REST OF THE FOOLS THEY HAVE NO AMMO ON HIM THAT IS WHY THEY ARE TRYING TO BAR HIM....


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Answer 6

Ron Paul is a breath of fresh air

Answer 7

Paul was right. Unfortunately because of time constraints he couldn't properly clarify his answer. The US has for many decades gone around sticking it's nose in every one else's business and supporting right wing dictators. It's no surprise to me that the average foreign person has a dimmer and dimmer view of America. We need a change of direction to put to put this country back on the track that our founding fathers intended it to be on. That's why I'm voting Libertarian.

Answer 8

Ron Paul was right about that in the fact that we have had or hands in the Middle East's affair for over 50 yrs now starting with the CIA's involvment with Iran. We have been meddleing in their lives for far too long.

Answer 9

I do, Ron Paul knows what he is doing!

Answer 10

Politically, I'm on the fence and think that he was 100% right.

He should have challenged Guiliani by asking how many times muslim terrorists attacked America, or even threatened to attack America, between 1900 and 1950 (before we started meddling in the Middle East).