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Stepping In It

I agree with my colleague, Paul Gessing, that Dr. Paul's point about "blowback" helps to explain a lot of the motivation for the 9/11 attacks.

However, given the nature of these debates, I'd suggest Dr. Paul stay on message more. He careens around, and leaves himself vulnerable to Giuliani's obvious misrepresentation. The point, IMO, is:

1) Iraq was a mistake.
2) Afghanistan, suppressing al Qaeda, and finding bin Laden should be the government's focus. We've taken our eye off the ball.
3) The CIA, the 9/11 Commission and others repeatedly confirm that US foreign policy has "blowback." The US's interventionist ways have made us less safe, not more, by engendering hostility in the Islamic world. We should not let 9/11 go unresponded to, but we do need to ask some very basic questions about the US role in the world. We need to stop the extremists -- forcefully -- but we need to be measured and mature about that.

Or something.

-Robert Capozzi

Posted by Robert Capozzi on May 17, 2007 07:47 AM |

Comments

Given that Ron Paul is coming in first in just about every post-debate poll, perhaps he's doing something right here. I admit that even I cringe somewhat when hearing him in the debates--but then, I tend to be easier impressed by smooth talking politicians. The things Dr. Paul is saying are true, and obviously, a lot of people know it, and appreciate it.

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