Ron Paul says Islam not a threat to anyone, but America is

The cluelessness with which Ron Paul throws out nonsensical statements makes me think that his trip down the rabbit hole never ended.  As witless and unaware as any politician I have ever seen, Paul and his twisted ideas about American foreign policy and Islam are not just stupid, they are dangerous.  He is to be taken seriously as a knucklehead only.


From The Des Moines Register August 27 by Josh Hafner

Ron Paul says U.S. intervention motivated 9/11 attacks

We are only at war with ourselves, and we can win!

WINTERSET, Ia. – Two weeks away from the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul says that U.S. intervention in the Middle East is a main motivation behind terrorist hostilities toward America, and that Islam is not a threat to the nation.

1400 years of theological hatred is to be ignored because Paul wants to make sure America is to be blamed for everything bad, especially in Arab countries. 

At a campaign stop on Saturday in Winterset, one man asked Paul how terrorist groups would react if the U.S. removed its military presence in Middle Eastern nations, a move the candidate advocates.

“Which enemy are you worried that will attack our national security?” Paul asked.

“If you’re looking for specifics, I’m talking about Islam. Radical Islam,” the man answered.

“I don’t see Islam as our enemy,” Paul said. “I see that motivation is occupation and those who hate us and would like to kill us, they are motivated by our invasion of their land, the support of their dictators that they hate.”

Regarding 9/11, Paul said that attacks against the U.S. from Middle Eastern groups at home and abroad can be traced to the foreign presence of U.S. troops, as well as America’s relationships with dictator regimes.

Paul referred to a military base in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, as a key motivator in the Sept. 11th attacks. Osama bin Laden viewed it as an American desecration of holy land.

“After 9/11, (people said) ‘Oh yeah, it’s those very bad people who hate us,’ but 15 of (the hijackers) came from Saudi Arabia,” said Paul. “One of the reasons they attacked us, is we propped up this Sharia government and the fundamentalists hated us for it.

WTF!  I have no idea what he is talking about, which is par for the course when trying to decipher Pauls ramblings.

The congressman particularly decried U.S.-led bombings in foreign nations, saying that “almost always those individuals that they are trying to kill did not have any direct relationship” with threats to the U.S.

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