Chrispy
10-30-2007, 08:24 PM
I think this is something that many people might not full understand. Ron Paul's position on listening to what our enemies are saying. I personally have watched a good number of terrorist and Al-Qaeda propaganda videos. It is very interesting how a Ron Paul foreign policy would negate most of our problems with terrorists. The following is a description of what the "terrorists" believe and why a non-interventionist foreign policy would make us safer.
The real reason that Islamic extremists criticize us is because of our support of what are essentially tyrannical monarchies and dictatorships of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, in addition to our support for Israel which they believe to be an unjust force occupying their homeland. The neo-cons will try to lead you to believe that they hate our way of life and our freedoms, and advocate "Death to All Americans." The truth is that they oppose our intervention in the Muslim world and even the most extreme terrorists (Bin Laden, Zawahiri) use only the language "We must drive the Americans away from our homeland."
The ultimate goal of terrorists are to install Islamic law in the Muslim countries of the middle east. The only reason they are critical of the United States is because they see us as an obstacle to their ultimate goal. In fact in their own literature and propaganda videos they are more critical of Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, then they are of the United States. We are not the target!
Ron Paul's position then is to install the constitutional position of a non-interventionist foreign policy. If we withdraw our support for Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, Egypt, and Israel, the terrorists would no longer have any incentive to attack us. In fact attacking us would work against their ultimate goal because the blow back would be us intervening more in the region. Even if they had attacks already set up, they would call them off, because it would work against their ultimate goal. Which is installing Islamic law in the middle east.
In conclusion, by adopting a non-interventionist foreign policy, essentially would cause the terrorists to end the jihad on the US and shift their efforts to calling jihads on the Muslim countries of the middle east, and Israel. Therefore we have 2 options, protect our oil and strategic interests in the middle east thus entering into a perpetual war on terrorism, or get out suck it up and buy oil from whoever feels like selling it to us without forcing them at gunpoint to do so.
This is my personal (though well informed) views on the nature of this conflict.
The real reason that Islamic extremists criticize us is because of our support of what are essentially tyrannical monarchies and dictatorships of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, in addition to our support for Israel which they believe to be an unjust force occupying their homeland. The neo-cons will try to lead you to believe that they hate our way of life and our freedoms, and advocate "Death to All Americans." The truth is that they oppose our intervention in the Muslim world and even the most extreme terrorists (Bin Laden, Zawahiri) use only the language "We must drive the Americans away from our homeland."
The ultimate goal of terrorists are to install Islamic law in the Muslim countries of the middle east. The only reason they are critical of the United States is because they see us as an obstacle to their ultimate goal. In fact in their own literature and propaganda videos they are more critical of Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, then they are of the United States. We are not the target!
Ron Paul's position then is to install the constitutional position of a non-interventionist foreign policy. If we withdraw our support for Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, Egypt, and Israel, the terrorists would no longer have any incentive to attack us. In fact attacking us would work against their ultimate goal because the blow back would be us intervening more in the region. Even if they had attacks already set up, they would call them off, because it would work against their ultimate goal. Which is installing Islamic law in the middle east.
In conclusion, by adopting a non-interventionist foreign policy, essentially would cause the terrorists to end the jihad on the US and shift their efforts to calling jihads on the Muslim countries of the middle east, and Israel. Therefore we have 2 options, protect our oil and strategic interests in the middle east thus entering into a perpetual war on terrorism, or get out suck it up and buy oil from whoever feels like selling it to us without forcing them at gunpoint to do so.
This is my personal (though well informed) views on the nature of this conflict.