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AntiWar.Com
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
02/27/07
A coherent foreign policy is based on the understanding that America is best served by not interfering in the deadly conflicts that define the Middle East. Yes, we need Middle Eastern oil, but we can reduce our need by exploring domestic sources. We should rid ourselves of the notion that we are at the mercy of the oil-producing countries — as we are the world’s largest oil consumer, their wealth depends on our business. We should stop the endless game of playing faction against faction and recognize that buying allies doesn’t work. We should curtail the heavy militarization of the area by ending our disastrous foreign aid payments. We should stop propping up dictators and putting Band-Aids on festering problems. We should understand that our political and military involvement in the region creates far more problems that it solves...
http://www.antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=10584
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
02/27/07
A coherent foreign policy is based on the understanding that America is best served by not interfering in the deadly conflicts that define the Middle East. Yes, we need Middle Eastern oil, but we can reduce our need by exploring domestic sources. We should rid ourselves of the notion that we are at the mercy of the oil-producing countries — as we are the world’s largest oil consumer, their wealth depends on our business. We should stop the endless game of playing faction against faction and recognize that buying allies doesn’t work. We should curtail the heavy militarization of the area by ending our disastrous foreign aid payments. We should stop propping up dictators and putting Band-Aids on festering problems. We should understand that our political and military involvement in the region creates far more problems that it solves...
http://www.antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=10584
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
rudkla - 27. Feb, 16:27
