He’s not my “darling.” He is madder than a March hare. Paul blames the US for the 9/11 attacks and those that went on before. He is a Libertarian, not a Republican.
Check out a screenshot or two. Ron has the look of Jack Nicholson in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
RP never blamed the US for the 9/11 attacks. He has been trying to explain that there is “cause and effect” with respect to our foreign policy in the Middle East over 50+ years. He has a valid point. If the fanatical fringe of Islam attacked us because they hate freedom and democracy then why was the US the only target up to 9/11? You didn’t see Islamic terrorists going after any other Western-style democracy until after the invasion of Iraq. They are not going after Russia, China, India, South America or anyone else who does not or has not had some major political or military presence there. We have been over there for three reasons: keep the former Soviet Union from dominating the region (political/military), development of oil resources (political/economic) and defense of Israel (political/military). Except for Israel we should have seriously scaled back our presence in the region after the fall of the Soviet Union. We also played games with Iran and Iraq during their war and now we are paying a very steep price. As far as I’m concerned Congressman Paul is the only one who gets it and as unappealing as the message sounds it’s still correct.