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Blame America? No, Blame Neocons!

Is the current refugee crisis gripping the European Union all Americas fault? That is how my critique of US foreign policy was characterized in a recent interview on the Fox Business Channel. I do not blame the host for making this claim, but I think it is important to clarify the point.

It has become common to discount any criticism of US foreign policy as blaming America first. It is a convenient way of avoiding a real discussion. If aggressive US policy in the Middle East for example in Iraq results in the creation of terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda in Iraq, is pointing out the unintended consequences of bad policy blaming America? Is it blaming America to point out that blowback like we saw on 9/11 can be the result of unwise US foreign policy actions like stationing US troops in Saudi Arabia?

In the Fox interview I pointed out that the current refugee crisis is largely caused by bad US foreign policy actions. The US government decides on regime change for a particular country in this case, Syria destabilizes the government, causes social chaos, and destroys the economy, and we are supposed to be surprised that so many people are desperate to leave? Is pointing this out blaming America, or is it blaming that part of the US government that makes such foolish policies?

Accusing those who criticize US foreign policy of blaming America is pretty selective, however. Such accusations are never leveled at those who criticize a US pullback. For example, most neocons argue that the current crisis in Iraq is all Obamas fault for pulling US troops out of the country. Are they blaming America first for the mess? No one ever says that. Just like they never explain why the troops were removed from Iraq: the US demanded complete immunity for troops and contractors and the Iraqi government refused.

Iraq was not a stable country when the US withdrew its troops anyway. As soon as the US stopped paying the Sunnis not to attack the Iraqi government, they started attacking the Iraqi government. Why? Because the US attack on Iraq led to a government that was closely allied to Iran and the Sunnis could not live with that! It was not the US withdrawal from Iraq that created the current instability but the invasion. The same is true with US regime change policy toward Syria. How many Syrians were streaming out of Syria before US support for Islamist rebels there made the country unlivable? Is pointing out this consequence of bad US policy also blaming America first?

Last year I was asked by another Fox program whether I was not blaming America when I criticized the increasingly confrontational US stand toward Russia. Heres how I put it then:

I dont blame America. I am America, you are America. I dont blame you. I blame bad policy. I blame the interventionists. I blame the neoconservatives who preach this stuff, who believe in it like a religion that they have to promote American goodness even if you have to bomb and kill people.

In short, I dont blame America; I blame neocons.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity

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Blame America? No, Blame Neocons! by Ron Paul -- Antiwar.com

After serving in the US Air Force as a flight surgeon, I started an Ob/Gyn practice in Brazoria County, Texas and have since delivered over 4,000 babies. I decided to enter politics when President Nixon broke the last link between the dollar and gold, thus starting the inflation that continues to destroy the value of the dollar and undermine the earnings of all Americans.

I have served ten terms in Congress and have never wavered from my commitment to the Constitution and the principles of a free society. In 1976, I was one of four sitting GOP Congressmen to endorse the upstart Ronald Reagan in the Republican primaries. But I also spoke out against the unprecedented deficits incurred by Reagan's administration.

For my relentless opposition to unconstitutional legislation, I have been called: "Dr. No" The "Taxpayers' Best Friend" by the the National Taxpayers Union The "one exception to the Gang of 535" on Capitol Hill by former Treasury Secretary William Simon.

I have worked tirelessly for limited constitutional government, individual rights, low taxes, free markets, a peaceful foreign policy and sound monetary policies. I am running for President as a Republican to bring the Grand Old Party back to its roots as the party of the 1994 Revolution, President Reagan, Sen. Goldwater and Sen. Taft.

My Google interview is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCM_wQy4YVg

Specialties:Obstetrics, gynecology, Austrian economics, monetary theory, the U.S. Constitution, American history, civil liberties, political activism.

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Ron Paul | LinkedIn

President, 2012-05-29 Lost with 11.94% U.S. House District 14, 2010 General Election Won with 75.99% U.S. House District 14, 2010 Republican Party Primary Election Won with 80.77% U.S. House District 14, 2008 General Election Won with 100.00% U.S. House District 14, 2008 Republican Party Primary Election Won with 70.43% U.S. House District 14, 2006 General Election Won with 60.19% U.S. House District 14, 2006 Republican Party Primary Election Won with 77.64% U.S. House District 14, 2004 General Election Won with 100.00% U.S. House District 14, 2004 Republican Primary Election Won with 100.00% U.S. House District 14, 2002 General Election Won with 68.09% U.S. House District 14, 2002 Republican Primary Election Won with 100.00% U.S. House District 14, 2000 General Election Won with 59.71% U.S. House District 14, 2000 Republican Party Primary Election Won with 100.00% U.S. House District 14, 1998 General Election Won with 55.25% U.S. House District 14, 1998 Republican Primary Won with 100.00% U.S. House District 14, 1996 General Election Won with 51.08% U.S. House District 26, 1996 November Special Election Lost with 0.00% U.S. House District 14, 1996 Republican Party Primary Runoff Election Won with 54.06% U.S. House District 14, 1996 Republican Party Primary Election Went to runoff with 31.97%

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Ron Paul | The Texas Tribune

Former Congressman Ron Paul, the dad of presidential candidate and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, says he believes states should be allowed to secede from the country, but lamented that concept was destroyed in the Civil War.

Ron Paul, do you favor the rights of states, communities, and individuals to secede? said Paul, reading a question from a listener on his daily show. And, we could get into a discussion about whether states actually have rights, but I think the gist of this question is do they have the authority and should they be able to, yes.

The answer is yes, continued Paul. I think the founders of this country believed that states should be able to secede. They went together voluntarily, its a voluntary contract and they should leave. But, of course, that principle was destroyed with the Civil War.

Paul said it would be real nice if individual people could secede under the principle of individual, but again lamented that wouldnt be possible because of the authoritarians in charge.

If every individual who seceded took care of themselves, it would be a wonderful world, stated Paul. You wouldnt have to take care of them. Thered be no welfare state. There would be no militarism around the world. Under those circumstances that would be very good.

This is the most important thing right now, added Paul.

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Sitting Texas Congressman and one time Libertarian Party presidential candidate. The only honest man left in Washington.

I bet Ron Paul's speeches on the floor of congress are a real annoyance to all the theiving, lying, murdering, slime-dripping scumbags there.

A politician who has the ability to purge washington.

I sure hope that I can inherit the legacy left behind for me by the Ron Paul administration.

As a Republican, he has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997, and represented Texas's 22nd district in 1976 and from 1979 to 1985.

Paul advocates a limited role for the federal government, low taxes, free markets, a non-interventionist foreign policy, and a return to monetary policies based on commodity-backed currency. He has earned the nickname "Dr. No" because he is a medical doctor who votes against the bills that he believes conflict with the Constitution.1 In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Paul is the "one exception to the Gang of 535" on Capitol Hill.2 He has never voted to raise taxes or congressional pay, and refuses to participate in the congressional pension system.3 He has consistently voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, the Military Commissions Act of 2006, and the Iraq War.

Person 2: "HAHAHA!! Everyone knows no such person exists anymore, they all died with our freedoms and liberties."

Person 1: "Actually, there is one person left who represents those characteristics-- his name is Ron Paul, and he's running for president."

1. Ron Paul doesn't go the gym. He stays fit by exercising his civil rights. 2. Ron Paul delivers babies without his hands. He simply reads them the Bill of Rights and they crawl out in anticipation of freedom. 3. Ron Paul doesn't cut taxes. He kills them with his bare hands. 4. Jesus wears a wrist band that says "What Would Ron Paul Do?" 5. When Ron Paul takes a shower, he doesn't get wet...the water gets Ron Paul. 6. Ron Paul could lead a horse to water AND convince it to drink, but he doesn't believe the government has the right to so he refuses. 7. Ron Paul's midi-chlorian level is off the chart. 8. When Chuck Norris gets scared, he goes to Ron Paul. 9. Studies by the World Health Organization show that Ron Paul is the leading cause of freedom among men. 10. Ron Paul makes the U.S. dollar want to be a better currency.

Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism. --Ron Paul

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy. --Ron Paul

You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws. --Ron Paul

Ron has never voted to raise taxes. Ron has never voted for an unbalanced budget. Ron has never voted for the Iraq War. Ron has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership. Ron has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch. Ron has never voted to raise congressional pay. Ron has never taken a government-paid junket.

Ron voted against the Patriot Act. Ron votes against regulating the Internet. Ron voted against NAFTA and CAFTA. Ron votes against the United Nations. Ron votes against the welfare state. Ron votes against reinstating a military draft.

Ron votes to preserve the constitution. Ron votes to cut government spending. Ron votes to lower healthcare costs. Ron votes to end the war on drugs. Ron votes to protect civil liberties. Ron votes to secure our borders with real immigration reform. Ron votes to eliminate tax funded abortions and to overturn Roe v Wade. Ron votes to protect religious freedom.

Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals . . . By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called diversity actually perpetuate racism. Their obsession with racial group identity is inherently racists . . . we should understand that racism will endure until we stop thinking in terms of groups and begin thinking in terms of individual liberty.

-Ron Paul

A verb describing one shooting something (whether it be a lunchsack, basketball, ECT.) and missing its desired target..

Guy tried to pass abill that would have made it impossible for courts to do their cvonstitutional duty to overturn state laws that invade ones right to privacy (allowed under the constitution) He's as much as an actor as anyone else.

Me; So hes going to do that by geting rid of all taxes right? I mean how you going to pay this debt off when you won't have the income tax, tarrifs, or any other tax for that matter?

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