Until one understands the nature of radical Islam, one cannot possibly understand how to deal with it, so, ultimately, a blame America first policy can fill the void of the lack of understanding.
American foreign policy isn't to blame for the attack on 9/11, or the first attack on the WTC which came before 9/11 (and during Bill Clinton's term), or the attack on the U.S.S. Cole, or the Khobar Towers.
Since radical Islam precedes the establishment of America itself it - by logical extension - precedes American foreign policy.
Radical Islamists, under the direction of Abu Bakr, encouraged Jihad and for 100 years (632 A.D. to 732 A.D. ), launched repeated attacks stretching from Indonesia to Christian Eastern & Western Europe until they were stopped by Charles Martel in 732 A.D.
Radical Islamists butchered tens of thousands of Serbians in the 14th century and murdered almost 2,000, 000 Armenians in the early 20th century. Add to that 9/11 and other atrocities against the west.
Only a buffoon would say that American foreign policy is to blame for 9/11, the attack on the U.S.S. Cole, and the attack on the Khobar Towers.
Will one throw Occam's Razor out the window and say that the foreign policies of the countries/nations/empire's that were attacked from 632 A.D. to 732 A.D. (plus the Serbs and the Armenians "foreign policies") were to blame?
Their foreign policies weren't any more to blame than U.S. foreign policy is to blame. The simplest theory - and the most logical of them all - is that radical Islam is the problem.
Radioactive Ru Paul and the Democratic presidential candidates (due to their lack of understanding of the nature of radical islam ) clearly aren't fit to be Commander in Chief.
The facts presented above rip Radioactive Ron Paul and the Democratic presidential candidates.
Would you be so kind as to link me to this Charles Martel that stopped their jihad in 732 A.D.? Specifically the details of whatever battle.
Ron who?
The site at which this is found... this thread is the first linked to it.
Ron Paul is a dhimmi
In 1786 Jefferson and John Adams went to negotiate with Tripoli’s envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman or (Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). They asked him by what right he extorted money and took slaves. Jefferson reported to Secretary of State John Jay, and to the Congress:
“The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet (Mohammed), that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman (or Muslim) who should be slain in battle was sure to go to heaven”
What Ron Paul is essentially saying is that US foreign policies have been an indispensible ally to OBL and Al Qaeda.
That the video wills of the 9/11 highjackers cite American policies as the reason for the attacks doesn't necessarily mean that America must abandon those policies...just that we need to consider that those policies may result in terrorist attacks against the US.
However, it seems that too many Americans are unable to set aside their emotions and anger and reflect on what motivated these barbarians to kill Americans. The American government itself has reflected on and acknowledged this...why is Ron Paul a "traitor" for saying the same thing?
As part of its global power position, the United States is called upon frequently to respond to international causes and and deploy forces around the world. America's position in the world invites attack simply because of its presence. Historical data show a strong correlation between U.S. involvement in international situations and an increase in terrorist attacks against the United States
--The Defense Science Board 1997 Summer Study Task Force on DoD Responses to Transnational Threats
There are a lot of things that are different now [that the U.S. occupies Iraq], and one that has gone by almost unnoticed but its huge is that we can now remove almost all of our forces from Saudi Arabia. Their presence there over the last 12 years has been a source of enormous difficulty for a friendly government. Its been a huge recruiting device for al Qaeda.
In fact if you look at bin Laden, one of his principle grievances was the presence of so-called crusader forces on the holy land, Mecca and Medina.
--Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Interview with Sam Tannenhaus, Vanity Fair, May 9, 2003
I believe they feel a sense of outrage against the United States. They identify with the Palestinian problem, they identify with people who oppose repressive regimes, and I believe they tend to focus their anger on the United States
--FBI Special Agent James Fitzgerald testimony before the 9/11 Commission
Rather than respond to this statement in detail here, I'll simply point you to a previous post of mine on the subject. Suffice to say, what you say here goes against what just about any foreign policy expert accepts as uncontroversial truth.