Mani
12-27-2007, 11:09 PM
I listen to POTUS 08 channel 130 on XM satellite radio.
There was a journalist in Pakistan, he seemed like the expert on Pakistani politics, he seemed quite depressed, his name was William Whitter or something.
He was describing the situation, then took a step back and interjected his own opinion.
His opinion was PRETTY MUCH DEAD ON with Ron Paul's belief that overall, the US involvement in the middle east and Pakistan etc. end up causing more trouble and more US resentment.
He was speaking overall, that the US tries to MICRO MANAGE the politics over there and they get stuck in the middle and make it worse. They have good intentions but they micro manage the situation and it just gets worse.
He felt the Pakistanis and other countries where we try to prop up democracy, we end up alienating many more people, they end up disliking our intervention, and MANY of them end up feeling like Islam is under threat with the US being involved, even though that's not the case.
He stated this 2-3 times and said something like, But in Washington/America, they just don't get it!
He didn't exactly blame Bhutto's death on the US, but Bush's influence (micromanaging) to get democracy moving in Pakistan ending up hurting the cause more than helping (he didn't say blowback or anything but you get the idea).
It was the first time after Ron Paul I heard someone so CLEARLY say we keep F*ing things up, and we always seem to make it worse, and our interventionism is a problem.
He strongly criticized our foreign policy and he's supposed to be the expert journalist on location with a pulse of the people. I really wanted to get his full name so I could send him an email and turn him onto Ron Paul!!!
No one from POTUS said anything like, "Hey! That's what RP has been saying for months!" Nope it was just silent.
Instead they are turning this attack into scare tactic, "WE NEED TO ATTACK! THEY ARE COMING FOR US! TERROR ALERT! 9/11!!! 9/11!! GO! FIGHT!" I heard McCain and Hilary sending out the warning signals and drumming up the war battle cry.
Did anyone else hear that interview? It was sad the reporter was pretty depressed about the tragedy and pretty gloomy about the current state of affairs and bleak future, but I thought it was real important for PEOPLE TO HEAR! It's not just Ron Paul who's saying this, people over there, objectively looking at what we are doing, AGREE WITH Ron Paul!!
There was a journalist in Pakistan, he seemed like the expert on Pakistani politics, he seemed quite depressed, his name was William Whitter or something.
He was describing the situation, then took a step back and interjected his own opinion.
His opinion was PRETTY MUCH DEAD ON with Ron Paul's belief that overall, the US involvement in the middle east and Pakistan etc. end up causing more trouble and more US resentment.
He was speaking overall, that the US tries to MICRO MANAGE the politics over there and they get stuck in the middle and make it worse. They have good intentions but they micro manage the situation and it just gets worse.
He felt the Pakistanis and other countries where we try to prop up democracy, we end up alienating many more people, they end up disliking our intervention, and MANY of them end up feeling like Islam is under threat with the US being involved, even though that's not the case.
He stated this 2-3 times and said something like, But in Washington/America, they just don't get it!
He didn't exactly blame Bhutto's death on the US, but Bush's influence (micromanaging) to get democracy moving in Pakistan ending up hurting the cause more than helping (he didn't say blowback or anything but you get the idea).
It was the first time after Ron Paul I heard someone so CLEARLY say we keep F*ing things up, and we always seem to make it worse, and our interventionism is a problem.
He strongly criticized our foreign policy and he's supposed to be the expert journalist on location with a pulse of the people. I really wanted to get his full name so I could send him an email and turn him onto Ron Paul!!!
No one from POTUS said anything like, "Hey! That's what RP has been saying for months!" Nope it was just silent.
Instead they are turning this attack into scare tactic, "WE NEED TO ATTACK! THEY ARE COMING FOR US! TERROR ALERT! 9/11!!! 9/11!! GO! FIGHT!" I heard McCain and Hilary sending out the warning signals and drumming up the war battle cry.
Did anyone else hear that interview? It was sad the reporter was pretty depressed about the tragedy and pretty gloomy about the current state of affairs and bleak future, but I thought it was real important for PEOPLE TO HEAR! It's not just Ron Paul who's saying this, people over there, objectively looking at what we are doing, AGREE WITH Ron Paul!!