by Ron Paul
The attack on the US consulate in Libya and the killing of the US Ambassador and several aides is another tragic example of how our interventionist foreign policy undermines our national security. The more the US tries to control the rest of the world, either by democracy promotion, aid to foreign governments, or by bombs, the more events spin out of control into chaos, unintended consequences, and blowback.
Unfortunately, what we saw in Libya last week is nothing new.
In 1980s Afghanistan, the US supported Islamic radicals in their efforts to expel the invading Soviet military. These radicals became what is known to be al-Qaeda, and our one-times allies turned on us most spectacularly on September 11, 2001.
Iraq did not have a significant al-Qaeda presence before the 2003 US invasion, but our occupation of that country and attempt to remake it in our image caused a massive reaction that opened the door to al-Qaeda, leading to thousands of US soldiers dead, a country destroyed, and instability that shows no sign of diminishing.
In Libya we worked with, among others, the rebel Libyan Fighting Group (LIFG) which included foreign elements of al-Qaeda. It has been pointed out that the al-Qaeda affiliated radicals we fought in Iraq were some of the same groups we worked with to overthrow Gaddafi in Libya. Last year in a television interview I predicted that the result of NATO’s bombing of Libya would likely be an increased al-Qaeda presence in the country. I said at the time that we may be delivering al-Qaeda another prize.
Not long after NATO overthrew Gaddafi, the al-Qaeda flag was flown over the courthouse in Benghazi. Should we be surprised, then, that less than a year later there would be an attack on our consulate in Benghazi? We have been told for at least the past eleven years that these people are the enemy who seeks to do us harm.
There is danger in the belief we can remake the world by bribing some countries and bombing others. But that is precisely what the interventionists – be they liberal or conservative – seem to believe. When the world does not conform to their image, they seem genuinely shocked. The secretary of state’s reaction to the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi was one of confusion. “How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction,” she asked.
The problem is that we do not know and we cannot know enough about these societies we are seeking to remake. We never try to see through the eyes of those we seek to liberate. Libya is in utter chaos, the infrastructure has been bombed to rubble, the economy has ceased to exist, gangs and militias rule by brutal force, the government is seen as a completely illegitimate and powerless US puppet. How could anyone be shocked that the Libyans do not see our bombing their country as saving it from destruction?
Currently, the US is actively supporting rebels in Syria that even our CIA tells us are affiliated with al-Qaeda. Many of these radical Islamist fighters in Syria were not long ago fighting in Libya. We must learn from these mistakes and immediately cease all support for the Syrian rebels, lest history once again repeat itself. We are literally backing the same people in Syria that we are fighting in Afghanistan and that have just killed our ambassador in Libya! We must finally abandon the interventionist impulse before it is too late.
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If thats what he wants he should have said it on leno it would have given Gary Johnson a boost.
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My job isnt to make u feel good its to spread the truth and the truth is write ins are wasted votes, but then again you’re from canada you dont know how things work in this country and I dont know how things are in Canada. Ron Paul has given up hes pushing for Rand to run in 2016, I say fuck that i’m going to stand up and fight while I still can. Is nobody with me on Occupy Capitol Hill and the Federal reserve?
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Thank Ron Paul! Thank for bringing sense and standing on your ideas! The right ideas as the history keeps proving..
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Criminals are in every part of the world..But this part of the world is called America, land of liberty..Why on earth would anyone want to destroy the land of liberty? I suppose they would be criminals and that would be the only reason why that i can think of..So why do criminals continue to get by with committing crimes? I dont understand that!
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Thank you Dr. Ron Paul! God bless you and your family! You’re a real hero if ever there was one!
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Ron Paul is fucked and his supporters are fucked. Most of them are racist white trash scum bags.
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There is not an impending inflation crisis. Ron Paul predicted hyperinflation in 2008. The annual rate of inflation as of Aug 2012 is 1.7%, that includes food and fuel before you come back and claim it does not. You’re an idiot.
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Ron Paul blames govt for all the nation’s problems. The private sector gets no blame. The private sector has no responsibility. So no, he does not tell the truth. He makes idiotic promises that he can not possibly keep. HE promises to cut a trillion in spending in one year, get rid of the IRS, end the Fed, etc etc. He is not telling the truth. He is telling dumb kids what they want to hear. You’re a fool and a schmuck.
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Ron Paul blames govt for all the nation’s problems. The private sector gets no blame. The private sector has no responsibility. So no, he does not tell the truth. He makes idiotic promises that he can not possibly keep. HE promises to cut a trillion in spending in one year, get rid of the IRS, end the Fed, etc etc. He is not telling the truth. He is telling dumb kids what they want to hear. You’re a fool and a schmuck.
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He’s misinforming his followers about American history, economics, Constitutional law, you name it. If he is talking about it, he’s spewing ignorance. He is a con artist because he ran for president knowing full well he had no chance of winning the nomination. He even let his followers disrupt the convention when he did not have the states required to put his name up for nomination. He was merely promoting himself. This whole thing was a sham.
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He’s misinforming his followers about American history, economics, Constitutional law, you name it. If he is talking about it, he’s spewing ignorance. He is a con artist because he ran for president knowing full well he had no chance of winning the nomination. He even let his followers disrupt the convention when he did not have the states required to put his name up for nomination. He was merely promoting himself. This whole thing was a sham.
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He didn’t win because most Americans are afraid of the truth. They want a politician to tell them everything is okay. A vote for Ron Paul means self-responsibility instead of asking the president & Congress to bail you out. I’m ready to live in a free society but many of my fellow Americans are in love BIG GOVERNMENT authority. They need someone to tell them how to live and how much money they’re allowed to keep.
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He didn’t win because most Americans are afraid of the truth. They want a politician to tell them everything is okay. A vote for Ron Paul means self-responsibility instead of asking the president & Congress to bail you out. I’m ready to live in a free society but many of my fellow Americans are in love BIG GOVERNMENT authority. They need someone to tell them how to live and how much money they’re allowed to keep.
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If most Americans understood the impending inflation crisis, they’d have voted for Ron Paul during the primary election. If you Obama/Romney fanatics think you’ve got problems now, you aint seen nothing yet!
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I almost choke when I read: “unintended consequences”. Yeah… sure “unintended”…sure, sure …lol.
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Does anyone know why Ron Paul didnt win the Election?? MSM,GOP’s Manipulation and Fraud.. Is it Ron Paul fault?? NO
ROn Paul never Sold Out but Your Reptile Congressmen Did
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The thing is that USA never tried to liberate these nations. On the contrary, USA is trying to enslave them even deeper. They want them to be part of the Bankster’s scam, so they can install their NWO. A complete domination of the World… a ONE world government unelected and tyranical.
USA is not only making ennemies in these nations, they are making ennemies all over the World. Just about very country hates America nowaday…. because of their complacent, snobbish and ignorant citizens who allowed their own country to be hyjacked by a bunch of criminal foreign bansksters who want to rule the World.
Americans better get their act together and wake-up to what their country has become. The clock is ticking. .. time is lacking. But I have no more hope for America, since even supposed informed citizens, are divided among themselves, envious and jealous of people who succeed in awakening millions of people, calling them shills. They bash the BEST of American Patriots and they don’t even realize that by doing so, they are shooting themselves in the foot and are destroying their only chance to take back their country. It makes me sick to my stomach to see this happening… how can they be so self-destructing? Go figure out!.
“You better hang together or you will hang seperately”
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Please explain?
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Please explain?
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Well for reading all your past comments on other posts,you are either an idiot,foul mouthed kid or you are an agent provocateur ..
Now go play nice with all the other kiddies.
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But why remake the world in the first place?
The world is fine. The people are fucked. Unfortunately, the fucked up people have the right to behave as fucked up as they want to be. We can’t change those people.
We can only take care of ourselves, make sure that we have this place in the world were freedom and liberty reigns. Let the fucked up people do their own thing in their fucked up part of the world.
God bless you, Dr. Paul.
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No, Dr Paul says we should listen to what Gary Johnson has to say and make up our own minds f we support him or not
I have done what Ron Paul has said and i decided that i do not support him
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He sold-out! I would’ve wrote his name in not long ago.
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Thanks, as usual good Doctor
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“We should follow what Dr. Paul wants”
You guys are sounding more like a cult everyday…
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He’s misinforming you, not educating you. Ron Paul is a con artist.
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He’s misinforming you, not educating you. Ron Paul is a con artist.
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People saying Ron Paul is a puppet is as dumb as they come.
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People saying Ron Paul is a puppet is as dumb as they come.
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trust me australias going down the tube the agenda 21 way.
WHERE ALL FUCKED IF THE MASSES DONT WAKE UP IN TIME.
STILL RON PAUL 2012
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trust me australias going down the tube the agenda 21 way.
WHERE ALL FUCKED IF THE MASSES DONT WAKE UP IN TIME.
STILL RON PAUL 2012
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read up on him basically the same as Ron Paul. He is on the ballot in all fifty states too
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Dear America, please elect Ron Paul, not just for the benefit of the USA, but that of the rest of the world, wich countries are being attacked by bombing, sabotage, or attempted goverment overthrow.
I fear for the nations of the earth, that America will re-elect Obama, or even worse vote Romney.
Vote Ron Paul, and go back to the good old America that I grew up to love. As a non American, I do not recognise your country anymore, except the dust that is left of it.
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Dr. Paul,
The public believes in you and we need you as president now! We can’t afford to wait four more years. You ought to get Jessee Ventura to be your Vice President and you guys would be a force to wreckon with and you would be giving all the sheeple an option to vote for someone who’s not corrupted by big money. Please don’t give up yet because were all in it to win it! Thank you so much for your service!
Sincerely,
Auburey Street
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Lol people. What part of global do you not understand? Moving to a different country will not help at all. All it will so is delay the inevitable of things work out for the NWO which I pray to god does not happen.
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