Posted on 07/21/2015 4:30:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
“The U.S. Empire received a big boost from the 9/11 attack.”
Former Rep. Ron Paul, the father of presidential candidate Rand Paul and past two-time candidate for the Republican nomination himself, writes in his new book that he believes “Zionism has played a role in our post-9/11 march toward empire.”
Paul’s book, Swords into Plowshares: A Life in Wartime and a Future of Peace and Prosperity, was released last Friday.
“Zionism has played a role in our post-9/11 march toward empire, and its influence has encouraged extreme interference in the Middle East,” Paul writes in a chapter entitled “Making America Safe for Empire,” under the sub-chapter, “Tyranny takes hold.”
Paul was writing about how “theocracy has always been abused,” in the paragraph preceding his comments on Zionism.
Here’s the full paragraph:
Americans generally see spiritual safety as being in the realm of religion and theology and political philosophy as being determined by the professors and others who dwell on esoteric ideas. There is theocracy when the theologians gain control of the state to offer salvation and eternal life through using force to impose their will and enforce their rules. Theocracy has always been abused. The Founders feared it and worked hard to prevent it. Supporters of radical Islam frequently endorse a theocratic system. Aggressive Christian Zionists also like to use the state to promote their theological beliefs, especially in foreign policy and with social gospel teachings. Zionism has played a role in our post-9/11 march toward empire, and its influence has encouraged extreme interference in the Middle East.
Paul introduces the idea of the U.S. empire in the chapter titled, “Pursuing U.S. Empire,” in which he states, “Our obsession with expanding our sphere of influence around the world was designed to promote an empire. It was never for true national security purposes.”
Later in the chapter, “Making America Safe for Empire,” Paul writes in sub-chapter “The 9/11 boost to U.S. Empire,” that the Patriot Act was written before 9/11 “when the condition were not ripe for its passage. 9/11 took care of that.”
“The U.S. Empire received a big boost from the 9/11 attack,” writes Paul. “Paul O’Neill, George W. Bush’s first secretary of the treasury, reported he was shocked that in the very first National Security Council meeting— ten days after Bush’s January 2001 inauguration— the discussion was about when, not if, the U.S. should invade Iraq.”
“We also know that the PATRIOT Act was written a long time before 9/11, when the conditions were not ripe for its passage,” Paul continues. “Nine-eleven took care of that. The bill quickly passed in the U.S. House and Senate with minimal debate and understanding. Bush signed the bill into law on Oct. 26, 2001, a mere 45 days after the attack. Making use of a crisis is established policy.”
Paul also writes our leaders explained al-Qaeda attacked us “because of our freedom and prosperity,” to avoid “scrutiny of our foreign policy.”
“The reasons for the attack were fully described by bin Laden,” he writes. “His reasons were simple and straightforward. One: foreign troops on the holy land of the Arabian Peninsula. Two: constant bombing and lethal sanctions against Iraq. Three: favoritism for Israel over the Palestinians. There is zero evidence that the attacks were motivated by hatred of Americans because of our freedom and prosperity. The terrorists simply did not like the U.S. constantly meddling in the affairs of the entire Middle East region, defiling their holy land, and causing death and destruction for their people.”
Mental illness; is it hereditary? News at 11.
Empire? That’s what he calls the decimation of American power and influence abroad under Obama? More like the FALL of the Roman Empire.
It seems like the U.S. is giving less consideration today to Israel than at any time in its existence.
If you read up on him, he put out a racist newsletter, even though he wasn't racist, just to make money.
There are exactly 4 kinds of people who use the word Zionist or Zionism in a sentence:
Neo-nazi’s
Jihadists
Left wingers
Paultards.
Agreed, but their voters will never wake up.
Dude, if we were interested in an empire, we would have owned the entire Western Hemisphere for at least the last 50 years. Canada? A month, tops. Mexico? Three weeks. South America might take a couple of years just based on the logistics of it.
May God forgive me, I wish he would just shut up and go away.
Let’s face it, Paul is a severe nut case.
Yes, he has some good positions on several issues, but when it comes to defense or foreign relations matters... he’s (in his own way) probably as dangerous as O
which is the very LAST thing USA needs after 8 years of O weakening our defenses, economy, and alliances
Just like a bad penny...
and if Paul is going to go around shooting his mouth off assigning blame to the Jooos for a bunch of non-existent problems (just how has the American “empire” expanded under Obama?)
....
he should retire ASAP. to JCarter’s Peanut Farm.
Goobers of a pod, and all that....
they can start a local American Nazi Party chapter there and serve nice fresh peanut butter sandwiches to their recruits
actually, they both should be committed to the lunatic asylum. maybe, just maybe, they can be helped?
If we were truly interested in empire, nothing could have stopped us from annexing most of the Americas. Certainly, after the Soviet Union fell, there was nothing to stop us from taking most of this hemisphere. Paul is full of fecal matter.
Yup, this is the same stuff you hear from his supporters. Which is why of course he won’t disassociate himself from conspiracy peddlers. This is a very popular theory with goldbugs, anti fiat currency types, folks that consider “banksters” the great evil in the world, etc.
Ron Paul is nuts, and that is why I will never trust Rand. Yes, if he won the GOP nomination I’d vote for him over the Democrat, but I personally believe he believes much of the same things his Dad does and just tries to hide it.
Neo-nazi’s
Jihadists
Left wingers
Paultards.
Well, that and the Zionists themselves.
Not sure why you left them out, they don't seem ashamed of the word.
Zionism itself is extremely popular on FreeRepublic.
When did this become a 'dirty' word?
You know what I meant.
Ron Paul ALWAYS has been a “severe nut case”. He frightened me the night of the GOP celebration of his election. A strange man, aloof from the crowd. However, the other two new GOP congressmen turned out, well.
Woodie Jenkins. A nice guy who has been long forgotten.
Trent Lott. Sold his soul to the Russians, if I’m right. Or was it the Arabs? or Both.?
Ron Paul sounds like a Nazi.
Don’t call a Jew-hater “nuts” - call him what he is: evil.
This is my one beef with Ron Paul: his visceral hatred of Israel.
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