I’ve read the book and disagree completely with the Reynolds views on the foreign policy that Ron Paul supports. The proof is right in front of all of us. The intervtionism policy that has been in place for decades is not working. America is no longer trusted or respected by a majority of the world. I just don’t believe that what we have done makes the world or our country any safer.
Now, when anyone even suggests that we try something different, such as non-interventionism, you get called names and labeled in many derogatory ways. Time to stop being children and have an intelligent debate.
An important thing that Paul said during his campaign is that we need to think what we would do if a foreign country were to occupy our lands. We would be absolutely furious. That’s exactly why the argument for interventionism fails.
The reviewers opinion that Paul believes certain radical elements would leave us alone is a fabrication. Paul realizes that these people exist but that we should put their true numbers into perspective. What I believe Paul has focused on is the removal of a strong motivating factor (occupation) that increases hatred towards us rather than on a few ideological terrorists that are certifiably insane. What’s more important in the bigger picture, having a few people hate us, or entire countries hating us?
