Marathon Pundit: Ron Paul: Weird and wrong too

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Ron Paul: Weird and wrong too

Winterset, Iowa

At a campaign stop today in Winterset, Iowa, where John Wayne was born, Ron Paul was un-Duke like when asked by a man what would happen if the United States removed its military presence from the Middle East.

From the Des Moines Register:

"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."

Regarding 9/11, Paul said that attacks against the U.S. from Middle Eastern groups at home and abroad can be traced to the foreign presence of U.S. troops, as well as America's relationships with dictator regimes.