His public contention is that the War on Terror is our fault. Consequently, we must retreat from the Middle East and the rest of the world.
For all his positives on illegal aliens, in foreign policy, he's 1930's isolationist -- a dangerous anachronism.
Hunter and Tancredo have essentially the same stance on illegal aliens as Paul -- and Romney seems sound as well. But none of them carry the bizarre foreign policy views as Paul.
Even though Paul is a long-time Texas Congressman, I sincerely doubt he could carry his own district in a Presidential race.
Well, at least you don't claim that Dr. Paul contends 9-11 was our fault as some others do.
The WOT, incidentally, was the invention of the Bush White House. How can it be ascribed to anyone else?
Our having troops in more than half the nations of the world, according to Dr. Paul, invites more terrorist attacks. What a squirrelly notion that is, huh? Imagine, people whose only taste of American culture is by way of soldiers stationed in their hometown.
And, BTW, withdrawing our forces from Asia, Europe, Africa and South America has nothing to do with the WOT or 9-11. It's only common sense. The Cold War is over, and has been since 1990. We are the one remaining superpower, but that does not ipso facto make the United States automatically deputized as the world's policeman.
You might educate yourself on the distinction between isolationism as practiced by such luminaries as Patrick Buchanan (and to a certain extent, even Duncan Hunter) and non-interventionism,, which is a whole other kettle of fish. Dr. Paul is and always has been an advocate of a non-interventionist foreign policy, which puts him at odds with the current Republican leadership as well as those who call themselves neo-conservatives.
Hunter, Tancredo and Paul may share some common goals regarding immigration policy, but it is clear that Ron Paul does not make stopping the flow of illegal immigrants his number one priority in this presidential campaign. Nor does he believe that punishing employers is an appropriate answer to the federal government's misguided immigration policies.
Most important, Ron Paul is totally against the idea of a national ID card, whether it's tamper-proof or not. We don't need to invade Americans' privacy and ignore the Fourth Amendment to track everyone as Rudy Giuliani would like to do.