Ron Paul: Gaza crisis is blowback for past US interventions

[Joanne98]

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) spoke on Friday in opposition to a non-binding House resolution (pdf) expressing “strong support for Israel” in its invasion of Gaza and decrying Hamas as a terrorist organization that has put “hundreds of thousands of Israelis in danger.”

“I rise in opposition to this resolution, not because I am taking sides and picking who the bad guys are and who the good guys are.” Paul stated. “I’m looking at this more from the angle of being a United States citizen, an American, and I think resolutions like this really do us great harm.”

“The weapons being used to kill so many Palestinians are American weapons, and American funds, essentially, are being used for this,” continued Paul. “There’s a political liability, which I think is something that we fail to look at, because too often there’s so much blowback from our intervention in areas that we shouldn’t be involved in.”

Paul pointed out that if Hamas now has too much power, it is the fault of past actions by Israel and the United States. “We first, indirectly and directly through Israel, help establish Hamas,” he noted, “then we have an election , then Hamas becomes dominant — so we have to kill them. It just doesn’t make sense.”

“There’s a lot of reasons why we should oppose this resolution,” Paul concluded emphatically. “It is not in the interests of the United States. It’s not in the interests of Israel, either.”

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[mitchum]

1. As Malcolm said, "chickens come home to roost"

[Maccagirl]

2. Paul actually makes sense on this issue.

n/t

[elleng]

3. Makes more sense than the senators;

any MORE news on this in the House? and the news BLACKOUT?

[alsame]

4. Yes he does. How many people across the world have been

killed by American weapons and American funds? And why would anyone believe there are no consequences?

[anonymous171]

5. Foreign Policy is the only class Ron Paul didn't skip back in common sense school.

[exboyfil]

6. He called the financial crisis pretty well also

His advisor, Peter Schiff, was only wrong about the scope of the crisis (worldwide).

[frylock]

7. reap the whirlwind