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Ron Paul on the airline plot : “They’re terrorists because we’re occupiers!”
Hot Air ^ | December 28, 2009 | ALLAHPUNDIT

Posted on 12/29/2009 9:24:17 PM PST by RobinMasters

I’ve already written about how his isolationist garbage leads inexorably to nonsense like this, so let me just add two points. First, and most obviously, there is no U.S. occupation of Yemen or Nigeria. The only way the airline plot is a reaction to U.S. “occupation” is if you accept the jihadist premise that there are no Arab/Muslim nation-states but rather only one Islamic caliphate waiting to be born. Only in that way does the U.S. occupation of Iraq warrant a reprisal from, say, a Pakistani or Yemeni. And yet, needless to say, if Britain was attacked tomorrow and Obama pledged U.S. forces to assist in the reprisal, Paul would be the first guy to scream that we should scrupulously observe national boundaries and not go fighting another country’s battles for it.

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To: RobinMasters

Sorry Ron, wrong answer. Maybe Sarah will give you a cabinet position despite that though.


181 posted on 12/30/2009 2:43:13 PM PST by RC one
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To: SoCalPol

You didn’t answer the other question. Why bother to come all the way over here to do it? You can kill infidels anywhere. You said it yourself, there are Christian sects in Iraq.

Once again, you’re making an assumption about me - that I don’t believe that people could be “that evil.” But you know nothing of the evil that I’ve experienced, often because of group think. The islamists are often crazy, I’ll give you that, but I’ll take crazy evil over some of the evil I’ve known, any day.


182 posted on 12/30/2009 2:49:15 PM PST by dcgst4
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To: RC one

“Sorry Ron, wrong answer. Maybe Sarah will give you a cabinet position despite that though.”

I wouldn’t put him in charge of Kitchen Patrol.


183 posted on 12/30/2009 2:49:54 PM PST by rbmillerjr (It's us against them...the Establishment RINOs vs rank and file...Sarah Palin or bust)
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To: dcgst4

You are still trying to tie it into Ron Paul’s left wing occupy. It won’t work.
The enemy have also gone to the Phillipines, Spain, London, Indonesia, India, France, etc, etc, and set off bombs and killed people.


184 posted on 12/30/2009 3:06:27 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: usshadley
You might want to go HERE and pay close attention to the voices of reason and not the ones in your head.

Swallowing all that 9/11 kook conspiracy crap just makes you look bad.


185 posted on 12/30/2009 3:12:55 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Bush at his worst was still better than Obama at his best.)
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To: SoCalPol

There are multiple reasons for the terrorism in all those places, not just Al Qaeda. France and it’s ties in Algeria, Spain’s bunch of loonies that have been around forever, England for their support of our war in Iraq.

The main thing the islamists want is American military off their holy lands, but when it comes down to us killing them on their lands - you have a bunch of people who believe that they’ll go straight to Heaven if they die defending Islam and a foreign (and what they consider corrupt via the Hollywood immoral culture) gov’t and people that are attacking them.

So what are we going to do, just attack every country with Islamic fundamentalists? Do you think they’ll just conveniently stay in one or two to make it easy on us? We need to bring everyone home to guard our borders.


187 posted on 12/30/2009 6:42:21 PM PST by dcgst4
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To: usshadley
I have a few degrees in Engineering, and I have read about 9-11 and the "Truthers" version. I have made up my own mind. If Libertarians are now Truthers, then I don't welcome them into the conservative cause, and I say that regrettably, since I am a small-l libertarian.

Seriously, I have looked into the matter, and the REAL conclusion I have come to is that Truthers are willful morons. Sorry.

188 posted on 12/30/2009 7:59:08 PM PST by Paradox (ObamaCare = Logan's Run ; There is no Sanctuary!)
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To: RobinMasters


189 posted on 12/30/2009 10:40:29 PM PST by mnehring
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To: Paradox

remind me to never rely on you for engineering advice then LOL!!


192 posted on 12/31/2009 4:55:59 AM PST by usshadley (Orwell was an Optimist)
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To: usshadley
LOL - being a member of Reagan's cabinet does not exclude one from believing in crackpot theories.

Here's a REALLY crazy theory for you. Are you ready for this?

Muslim fanatics, commandeering hijacked planes, brought down the twin towers by crashing said airplanes into them. Massive amounts of falling debris smashed into WTC 7, causing major structural damage and fires that eventually brought it down as well. There was no government conspiracy, no men in black suits and hats planting explosives and setting them off during the attack, no government planes or guided missiles hitting the towers, and no secret hiding location where all the passengers on board the planes are being held.

I know, I know - it's just crazy talk, probably dreamed up by some socially challenged wingnut living in his parent's basement who also believes aliens experiment on his body while he's sleeping.

But , hey - you keep believing what you want to believe. It's so much more credible.

194 posted on 12/31/2009 9:09:33 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Bush at his worst was still better than Obama at his best.)
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To: reagan_fanatic
Sometimes it is just best to say nothing, back out of the room slowly and be sure to make no sudden moves.

Oh don't break eye contact until safely in the hall or the Mental Health Tech shows to administer their meds...

195 posted on 12/31/2009 9:45:55 AM PST by ejonesie22
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To: Yehuda

Yep, Pakistani ISI was involved


200 posted on 12/31/2009 1:19:25 PM PST by usshadley (Orwell was an Optimist)
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