He can join all the others who blame the US for the worlds problems. I also noticed how he called those opposing the mosque Islamophobic (in his own charming way) yet refused to name his son that.
I smell hippocracy, Ron. Barry > > > > > This is totally disgusting, Ron Paul's ignorance is monumental. > In fact, Ron Paul comes across as an idiot. He doesn't know > what the hell he is talking about. > > Listen to the whole interview if you want. > BR > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > > > > _Ron Paul: Goal Of Protesting NYC Mosque Is To Blame Islam For 9/11_ > (http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-08-23/ron-paul-on-cnn-anderson-cooper-360°/) > > ( partial ) Transcript > > August 23, 2010 > Sanjay Gupta: Those are the facts, as we can tell. But there are some who > say it simply isn’t for any of us to pass judgment on who should build a > mosque, and where they should build it, as long as it’s on private > property > and no laws are broken. New York Mayor, Mike Bloomberg, he believes that > and, apparently, so does Republican Congressman and former presidential > candidate, _Ron Paul_ (http://www.ronpaulnews.com/) . And he joins us now > from > Clute, Texas. Thanks for joining us, Congressman. > Ron Paul: Thank you, good to be with you. > Sanjay Gupta: Now, I read your article and you say this whole issue is > really an issue of property rights and everything else is “really about > hate > and Islamaphobia”. But, you know, I want to start by asking: is what > happened on September 11, 9 years ago, different; the worst terrorist > attack on > U.S. soil? Are there certain lines to be drawn even when it comes to this > property rights issue? > Ron Paul: No, you should draw lines. But I think the lines are being > drawn > improperly. Al-Qaida was responsible, several hundred Al-Qaida existed at > that time. And maybe there are still several hundred more. But that > doesn’t > mean the whole Muslim religion should be indicted: that is my complaint. > I > mean, McVeigh probably was a Christian and he bombed the Oklahoma Federal > building, but does that mean that a Christian church can’t be built near > there and Christianity is blamed? No, I don’t like that broad brush. So > yes, > the violence was committed by Al-Qaida and they’re bad people and we > should > do what we can to destroy them. But that doesn’t mean that we should > destroy the whole concept of the Muslim religion. And if they can bring > this > out, whether the mosque is stopped or not, the implication here is that > Islam > caused 9/11, not a narrow branch of the Al-Qaida. To me, that is crucial > because it deals with our foreign policy, it deals with … you know, even > in > that clip earlier on Madeleine Albright admitted. She said, “Well, if > 500,000 > people are killed, so be it if that’s what it takes”. So the Muslims have > justification for their worries and concerns. > Sanjay Gupta: There is a lot of pain and anguish, I think, from people > who > are worried about this Islamic center being built. Do you see that point > of view at all? > Ron Paul: To worry about it? Well, I worry about it because I’m afraid it > stirs up hatred and that’s why I worry about it. And I think they’re off > on a tangent. I think the purpose was, too often, to just blame Islam. > But > there is another Mosque in that area, this is not right where the towers > were, this is not too far down the street. But, what about the strip > joints? > Are these people who are “holier than thou” condemning the strip joints > nearby because it defames Ground Zero? So I don’t think that’s any > consistency. I think this goal was to blame Islam for 9/11 and I think > that is wrong. > I don’t think that was the cause. Al-Qaida did it. > Sanjay Gupta: And you talk about the fact that there is a lot of > Islamaphobia. I mean, your son, _Rand Paul_ (http://www.randpaul.com/) , > who’s > running for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky, is opposed to this facility > being > built. Is he Islamaphobic? > Ron Paul: Well, I don’t know what his position is, but he’s certainly not > islamaphoic. > Ron Paul: Well no, I don’t put everybody who is a candidate in that same > category that might have a reason. You have to ask him for his reason. > But > no, everybody who’s opposing it doesn’t even understand the foreign > policy > or why we’re in Iraq and Afghanistan. They don’t have this understanding, > they don’t want to see the connection. My goal is to make the connection > for people to understand what’s going on and why Al-Qaida has become so > militant and hateful toward us and why painting Islam with a broad brush > makes > our problems worse because we’re not narrowing down on the real cause and > those who perpetuated 9/11. And if we don’t get to that, we can’t solve > this > problem > Sanjay Gupta: Do you think it should be built? > Ron Paul: I don’t care whether it’s built or not built. Everybody says > it’ > s private property and they should be able to do what they want to do. > Once again, the point I’m making is not to blame Islam for 9/11, you have > to > blame only Al-Qaida. That is a completely different story than all these > innuendoes that you’re bringing up, I don’t think that’s part of the > question. You have to narrow it in because it has to do with our foreign > policy and > that’s what I’m dealing with; the foreign policy. The foreign policy is > crucial because that’s why we have perpetual war. And I think this is all > connected, not in a way that is conspiratorial, but in a way that it is > almost > like people slip into this. It’s really easy for people to get to hating > Islam. > To me, that’s equivalent to hating Christians because Timothy McVeigh was > a Christian, and that I don’t like, nobody should like it, nobody should > like this being painted with a broad brush. It was done to the Jews > before > and I don’t like it. I like to stick to the facts, I like to talk about > the > foreign policy and how it’s related. > The sideshow which is what I call this, is just there to stir things up > and prevent us from dealing with the real problems, and that is our > interventionist foreign policy that gets us too much involved overseas, > too many > people die on both side and we’re totally bankrupt and we have to address > that. > We have to get away from: “Are we going to support the building of the > mosque?” and that was sort of the innuendos when you bring up with the > question about my son. I mean, you’re missing the whole point when you > think that > is the crucial question. The crucial question is our foreign policy. > That’s > what I want the people to think about. > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
