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Ron Paul Stands Up for Reality in Republican Debate

by Paul Gessing

Just watched part of the Republican debate and saw the rather intense discussion of US foreign policy. I simply do not understand how Giuliani and the rest of the Republican contenders -- not to mention much of the audience -- believe that the US can do whatever it wants overseas with zero impact or "blowback." Ron Paul is exactly correct when he asks how we'd react if China set up military bases on US soil or in the Gulf of Mexico. Given the xenophobia displayed by most of the Republicans in the field, I doubt they'd be too keen on any other country weilding that kind of influence here.

Did US foreign policies "cause 9/11?" The terrorists didn't attack New Zealand or Switzerland, did they? Sure, they may have happened anyway, but with the level of anger towards us throughout the Middle East over our perpetual meddling in their affairs, isn't it time we tried something different?