[rlmorel]

In his own words:

From the Candidate's Debate on 5/15/07

When Ron Paul was asked about whether American foreign policy provoked the 9/11 attack, Mr. Paul, a libertarian, said that the 9/11 attack happened "because we've been over there. We've been bombing Iraq for 10 years..."

From the Human Events Interview on 8/2/07

Human Events: You’re saying overthrowing Mossadegh in 1953 and putting in the Shah led to the hostage-taking and 9/11?

Ron Paul: Absolutely.

Human Events: In other words, the militant fundamentalist regime took revenge on us for overthrowing the secular left-of-center regime in ’53?

Ron Paul: There is always some militant-violent-jihadist looking to rally that faction, but they have to have incentives. The incentive is when we impose our will on them and we get involved in their internal politics. Besides, it contradicts everything the Founders theorized, and there’s no constitutional authority for us to march around the world undermining different governments.

For this apologist viewpoint alone, Ron Paul should never be President. Never. You who may be his constituents know him better and perhaps he is useful in Congress, but I haven't heard anything about him to make him stand out there.

[wideawake]

Thanks for this post - it points up Ron Paul's philosophical siding with the enemy and more importantly it demonstrates his leftist view of history.

Mossadegh was an illegitimate dictator and the Shah of Iran was Iran's constitutional ruler.

We did not "overthrow" Mossadegh - Mossadegh, by violating the Iranian constitution, was a criminal.

We did not "put in" the Shah. The Shah was already there - the constitutional monarch provided for by Iran's UK-style parliamentary constitution.

[GulfBreeze]

I AM one of his constituents and you ARE 100% right.