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Paul is an idiot on this. These Jihadists were against us LOOOOONG before we became “occupiers.”
Mr. Paul, if we are “ocuppiers”, oil would be $ 20.00 per barrel, or free.
They hate us because we are infidels,you dummy.
They were terrorists long before we set foot in the Middle East. They’ve just decided to turn their attention more on us, because we now have the largest presence there, and we decided long ago to throw our lot in with the Israelis, who they hate to distraction.
Ron Paul belongs in a beauty parlor working as a hair stylist
not as a U.S.Congressman saying anything about foreign policy
or how to fight and WIN a war . The man is a pathetic coward ,
the exact antithesis of the men and women that have made America great and strong and respected .
Mark for tomorrow.
*pops some popcorn and waits for the PaulBots to start flaming*
Ron Paul = Wrong Paul
Only seems fair.
Paul is a liberal cindy sheehan peace activist. An utter disgrace.
Paul should be locked up in an insainasylum.
If Ron Paul had his way, we’d have whorehouses in every neighborhood, they’d sell heroin at 7-Elevens, and we would have NO ALLIES.
Okay all you Ron Paul idiots, come out of the woodwork to defend this.
I used to somewhat respect Ron Paul. Now I’m not so sure. Actually I am sure. He’s an idiot. This proves it.
Islam has forever been at war with the West. And the East, as far as that goes.
If we were “occupiers” we’d have never told the first camel rider what an internal combustion engine is. No Muslim/Arab has ever invented a device to use the oil that they live on top of. There are no Arab built planes. There are no Arab built earth movers. There is very little Arab industry at all. They’d have no use for the oil if we hadn’t invented a use for it and then showed them how to use the machines that require oil.
All of that need not be said, however...you can distill the essence of the argument down to one question...what method has an Arab ever invented for recovering “their” oil? Right...none.
So if we were imperialist occupiers...we’d have simply just taken the oil...oil that had no use or no value to them...oil that was forever beyond the grasp of them, deep underground.
Egypt was one of the precious crown jewels of the Eastern-Roman Empire. More importantly, Egypt was also the breadbasket of Rome first and of then Constantinople.
It was a fertile land that produced and exported wheat, corn, wine, oil, textiles, glass, cosmetics, and medicinal and chemical products of the time. The population of Egypt made up of Christian Copts was estimated to have been about 9 millions at the time the Arab aggression in 641.
The persecuted Copts were the original inhabitants. Egypt, before the Islamic invasion was not an Arab country.
yo Ron Paul, why did they attack us on 9-11 then? since we didn’t invade till afterwards.
I tend to like Paul, but this is an area where he is dead wrong. Especially in this instance.
We weren’t “occupying” anything when we were hit on 911, and many other times. Terrorism and conflicts in THEIR region drew us into the Middle East. One can debate the merits of whether or not we should intervene in that part of the world, but “occupiers” we are not.