Anyone who thinks that we are the “cause” of Islamic violence is flat out wrong. However, as someone who did 3 tours in Iraq, I have no love for the foreign policy of the last decade. Even when we have done the right thing, we have done it the wrong way. There is some hope that things will turn around in the Middle East, but there is also the very real possibility that every one of the failing dictatorships currently under duress will fall to religious extremists. I don’t think that is a net positive for my future grandchildren.
is the sexy female in skimpy clothing responsible for the rapist raping her? Ron Paul says yes
Someone tell the CIA they’ve been agreeing with Ron Paul about blowback, quick.
Didn’t Ron Paul name his kid “Rand” after Ayn Rand? Is this the position Randists take with respect to Islamic extremism? That it’s America’s fault?
What were the chances that Ron Paul was going to become less crazy?
Ron Paul is a nut!
Endless drivel on trutherism, whack conspiracies, gold standard soapboxes
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It is interesting that Ron Paul bases his entire philosophy on the global Islamic insurgency on the opinions of Michael Sheuer. Michael Sheuer epitomizes all that is wrong with America’s bureaucratized counterterrorism apparatus. First of all, he broke longstanding CIA regulations at the encouragement of his politicized superiors to write a book while in active service. This alone makes him a scumbag in my book. Thousands of honorable CIA operators could have done the same, but none did. There is a reason. It’s called honor. Second, Sheuer had a uniquely disturbing career in the CIA. A career analyst with no field experience, he was somehow allowed to become a case officer and eventually found himself in charge of the CIA unit tasked with killing or capturing Bin Laden. He failed miserably. Moreover, if you actually read his work, it is readily apparent that Sheuer has at best a superficial level of knowledge of Islamic threat doctrine. He is appallingly ignorant for someone who was in the position he was in. This has resulted in his belief that we are only being attacked because of things we have done and especially for our support for Israel.
I ask the members of Free Republic:
Is Jemmaah Islamiya attempting to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia because the US supports Israel?
Are the Chechyan jihadists waging Jihad against Russia because the US supports Israel?
Is Abu Sayyef attempting to establish an Islamic state on Mindanao because the US supports Israel?
Are Jihadists attempting to establish an Islamic state in southern Thailand because the US supports Israel?
Have Nigerian Jihadists attacked innocent Christians repeatedly because the US supports Israel?
Is Al Shabaad conducting terrorist attacks in Kenya and Somalia on innocent civilians because the US supports Israel?
Are Jihadists attempting to create an Islamic state in India’s Kashmir because the US supports Israel?
Have Jihadists killed thousands in attacks on innocent civilians in Morocco, Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, the UK, Spain, Jordan and Bangladesh because the US supports Israel?
Are young Jihadis rioting in France because the US supports Israel?
Why is all this happening? Could it be that there is something more to this global violence than the simple “blame America first” concept that Ron Paul supposes?
Why hasn’t he bothered to learn about the enemy threat doctrine?
Have you?
He also points out that our military in Saudi Arabia was used by Al Qaeda as a recruitment tool (something everyone acknowledges, and why we left). He also points out that we shouldn't be spending our money sending troops all over while we're in economic trouble (remember, Osama bin Laden pointed out that his strategy was to make the US spend lots of money, and it's well known that he wanted to bog us down in warfare that would drive up the price of oil--and it looks like we're helping his plan). He also spoke against supporting Obama going into Libya.
Why is it that threads about Ron Paul must use lies? I guess it's because the truth supports him.
Michael Scheuer is a craven dhimmi but I’ve never seen Jew-hatred from him. RAther he fears Islamic radicalism so much that he blames everything including Israel for it. He ignores Al Qaedas calls about liberating Al Andalus (Spain) and other parts of Europe once under the Muslim boot.