Until We Rethink Foreign Policy, Will Anything Change?
 Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Congressman and former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul had the wisdom of our founding fathers, yet a new perspective in today's America: noninterventionism. When speaking on foreign policy, Ron Paul reiterated time and time again his belief that terrorists do not hate us because they are envious of us, or because they detest the ways of the Western world, but because we plant our boots on their holy land.

FOX News anchors laughed at Paul's ideas. Debate hosts sneered that Paul wasn't electable. The GOP has thousands (if not millions) believing that America is a target for terrorism just for being America, and that the War on Terror is winnable by invasion and force.

Last night I happened upon a May 1998 interview with Osama bin Laden, one of America's Most Wanted and a suspect behind the September 11th, 2001 World Trade Center Attacks. Bin Laden, of course, is still at large nearly seven years later. Published on PBS (got to love public broadcasting), the very first question to Osama was, "What is the meaning of your call for Muslims to take arms against America in particular, and what is the message that you wish to send to the West in general?"

"The call to wage war against America," bin Laden said, "Was made because America has spear-headed the crusade against the Islamic nation, sending tens of thousands of its troops to the land of the two Holy Mosques over and above its meddling in its affairs and its politics."

Don't misunderstand: bin Laden and his cohorts should most certainly be held accountable for their actions (if we can spare any troops from Iraq to go find him). But with the mainstream media somewhat effectively censoring Ron Paul and his message, the question remains: Until we rethink foreign policy, and where we force bases and station troops, will anything change?

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