Isolationism Redux Via Ron Paul

Isolationism Redux Via Ron Paul

Just as troubling, though, is what was known about Paul all along -- and that is a foreign policy, if it can be called that, drained of morality. His total indifference to what happens overseas is chilling and reminiscent of the old isolationism, best articulated in Des Moines -- a world capital this election season -- by Charles Lindbergh back in 1941. In that speech, Lindbergh identified three groups that wanted to take America to war against Germany: the Brits, the Jews and the Roosevelt administration. They all had their reasons, he acknowledged, but "We cannot allow the natural passions and prejudices of other peoples to lead our country to destruction." I can almost hear these very words coming out of the mouth of Paul.

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