Ron Paul Is Not Wrong... It Is Time We Begin To Understand The Motivations Of Extreme Islamists

by: Les Carpenter
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I read with great interest Ron Paul's recent statements in Iowa with respect to the 911 attacks on America by Islamic extremists and their primary motivation.

Nowhere in candidate Paul's statement did I see where he justified the attacks that resulted in the death of 3,000 plus Americans.

What I did read was a rational analysis of what motivated the attackers and why they were so motivated. Call it thinking outside the confines of a restricted and often myopic view of reality.

In other words Paul is saying first seek to understand the motivations of a dangerous extremist group and then seek to effect ways to change their reality. IE: Perception. Because perception is reality to all people who perceive.

Those who perpetrated the 911 attacks on America were monsters, and they deserved to face a full and justified response to their actions.

Those who continue to bring further harm and destruction to any people in the name of Muhammad and Islam deserve to face a just and swift response.

However, as previously noted Paul is correct in bringing the discussion to a reasoned and rational level. A level without emotion so we can see clearly and make logical decisions for the future.

Continuing to do the same things over and over again in the same way is the definition of insanity and will no doubt bring similar results.

Iowa Caucuses reporting.

At a campaign stop on Saturday in Winterset, one man asked Paul how terrorist groups would react if the U.S. removed its military presence in Middle Eastern nations, a move the candidate advocates.

“Which enemy are you worried that will attack our national security?” Paul asked.

“If you’re looking for specifics, I’m talking about Islam. Radical Islam,” the man answered.

“I don’t see Islam as our enemy,” Paul said. “I see that motivation is occupation and those who hate us and would like to kill us, they are motivated by our invasion of their land, the support of their dictators that they hate.”

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Paul referred to a military base in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, as a key motivator in the Sept. 11th attacks. Osama bin Laden viewed it as an American desecration of holy land.

“After 9/11, (people said) ‘Oh yeah, it’s those very bad people who hate us,’ but 15 of (the hijackers) came from Saudi Arabia,” said Paul. “One of the reasons they attacked us, is we propped up this Sharia government and the fundamentalists hated us for it.”

The congressman particularly decried U.S.-led bombings in foreign nations, saying that “almost always those individuals that they are trying to kill did not have any direct relationship” with threats to the U.S.

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“(9/11) was one of the main motivations for getting your attention on why they hate us and want to kill us,” he said. “You could send 20 million people over there and all it would do is make our problems worse.” {Read The Full Story}

Indeed it is time to begin thinking outside the box of 19th and 20th century thought.

Representative, and candidate for the republican Presidential nomination, Ron Paul is just the man to provide such reasoned and logical direction.

Via: Memeorandum