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Ron Paul’s 11/15/00 diatribe entitled “Our Foolish War in the Middle East” can be found at http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2000/cr111500.htm .

Paul repeatedly states that U.S. involvement in the Middle East is all about oil, not Islamic radicalism, and that they are essentially justified in attacking us.

Paul repeatedly states that U.S. involvement in the Middle East is all about oil, not Islamic radicalism, and that they are essentially justified in attacking us.

He's right. Our interest in the region has always been about oil. Gulf War I was fought to keep Saddam from seizing Kuwait's oil. James Baker, SoS at the time, came right out and said it very plainly.

Why should anyone care about the Mideast if it wasn't for oil? Are you suggesting that we are there only because of Islamic fundamentalism? Did you notice in Gulf War I, we were fighting to restore Kuwait's oil? Were we talking about the threat of "Islamic radicalism" back then? Of course not. The Kuwaitis and Saddam killed those types out of hand because the Islamic radicals posed a threat to their own corrupt regimes.

It's a medieval region whose inhabitants practice a sixth-century moon-god cult with murderous devotion. They have a dreadful history of barbarism which is the bane of the entire region. It's best to let them be occupied with murdering one another and living under the iron fist of their despots rather than to provide our soldieers as targets which can unify them against us. Unfortunately, that is exactly what we've been doing.

Paul repeatedly states that U.S. involvement in the Middle East is all about oil, not Islamic radicalism, and that they are essentially justified in attacking us

I think if it weren't about oil at some level, we'd just let the Muslim terrorists kill each other off (kind of like we handle to murderous scum in Africa).

Do you know the conservative administration in Australia also admitted their involvement in the war is partly motivated by oil?

The Howard Government has today admitted that securing oil supplies is a factor in Australia's continued military involvement in Iraq. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said today oil was a factor in Australia's contribution to the unpopular war..... Dr Nelson said defence was about protecting the economy as well as physical security. Dr Nelson also said it was important to support the "prestige" of the US and UK.
~ The Melbourne Age (July 5, 2007)