I don't pretend to know why our rulers want open borders. The reasons they offer don't make sense to me, and that is worrisome.
But I have no trouble at all seeing why the Middle East needs to be pacified and maintained as a de facto American protectorate. With oil supplies dwindling globally, we cannot afford to depend on the good will of unstable Arab nations for access to petroleum. We need to secure our access to Middle Eastern petroleum with 100 percent reliability.
Granted, you won't hear any Bush administration officials speaking candidly on this issue, but that is an unfortunate side effect of the times in which we live. Our mass culture has become so degraded by political correctness, that most people think it is immoral to go to war over anything as practical as access to resources.
Imagine trying to persuade Americans nowadays that we should go to war because our taxes and tariffs are too high (American Revolution) or to secure the right of our merchant ships to navigate the Mediterranean Sea without having to pay tribute to North African despots (Barbary Pirates War).
The fact is, wars have always been fought over control of resources, be it land, people, seaports, trade routes, petroleum or whatever. This is neither good nor bad. It is an undeniable fact of life.
It is not at all inconsistent to say that we are fighting for our freedom when we fight for access to resources, because our freedom depends upon our ability to sustain a thriving economy, without depending upon the promises or good will of foreign countries.
In this politically correct age, I don't expect everyone to understand or accept this point, but I certainly expect such understanding from a man who aspires to be president.
Ron Paul either does not understand geopolitics, or he is pretending not to understand it, and I am not sure which is worse.
Or perhaps feels that others should be carrying their weight, not just us.