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"...we incite them with our foreign policy”

_Ron Paul on Political Capital with Al Hunt

Hmm! Sounds like a law enforcement problem to me! Didn’t we already have a President who treated terrorism as a law enforcement problem? (Here’s a clue: Hillary’s husband!)

Paul called his Republican presidential rivals, including frontrunner Rudy Giuliani, ``neo-conservatives’’ whom he couldn’t support in the general election should his own bid fail.

``They think we’re supposed to spread our goodness through force,’’ Paul said. For example, none will pledge not to wage war on Iran, he said. ``How could I support something like that?’’

Terrorists `Just Hoodlums’

The greatest threat to the nation, Paul said, is an overextension of the U.S. military and ``involvement in places we shouldn’t be.’’ Terrorism shouldn’t be fought by waging war on nations, he said. Terrorists are ``just hoodlums and convicts, so to speak, but we incite them with our foreign policy,’’ he said.

So, the greatest threat to the nation is our military and our use of force, not jihadists flying planes into buildings?

Calling the U.S. a “world empire”, Paul preaches against entangling foreign alliances such as nation-building and peacekeeping. He has called for immediate withdrawal from Iraq and opposed the Patriot Act.

We can save money on our military, because, as I heard him say in the interview,

"No country is going to attack us!"

Really?
Calling the U.S. a “world empire”, Paul demonstrates that he hasn’t a clue as to what the word “empire” means!
Ron Paul garnered less than one-half of one percent of the vote the last time he ran for President. If we can publicize “The Doctor’s” message, we should be able to cut that in half this time!