Foreign Occupation Leads to More Terror -- by Ron Paul

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http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2011/09/12/foreign-occupation-leads-to-more-terror/

[MJU1983]

Indeed. That was from Monday's "Texas Straight Talk".

You can listen here: http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul091211.mp3

Other references:
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul764.html
http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1909&Itemid=69


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5fmBtMaL2M

[Travlyr]

Excellent article. Ron Paul is taking it to the public just like Reagan did.


http://original.antiwar.com/paul/2011/09/12/foreign-occupation-leads-to-more-terror/
Yes, the attacks of 9/11 deserved a response. But the manner in which we responded has allowed radicals in the Muslim world to advance a very threatening narrative about us and our motivation in occupying their lands. Osama bin Laden referred to us as “crusaders” with a religious agenda to convert Muslims, Westernize their culture, and take control of their resources. If we had targeted our response to only the thugs and criminals who attacked us, and refrained from invading countries that had nothing to do with it, this characterization would seem less plausible to the desperate and displaced. Blaming Islam alone is grossly misleading.

Instead, we chose a course of action that led to the further loss of 8,000 American lives, left 40,000 wounded, and has hundreds of thousands seeking help at the Veterans Administration. We are three to four trillion dollars poorer. Our military is spread dangerously thin around the globe, at the expense of protection here at home. Not only that, but we have allowed our freedoms to be greatly threatened and undermined from within. The PATRIOT Act, warrantless searches and wiretapping, abuse of habeas corpus, and useless and humiliating searches at airports are just a few examples of how we’ve allowed the terrorists to “win” by making our country less free.