WorldNetDaily’s editor Joseph Farah recently published an opinion piece critical of Congressman Ron Paul's run for the presidency. While we respect his right to disagree we are very concerned by misstatements of fact and the harsh tone of his commentary. We were surprised by his tone as Mr. Farah states that Dr. Paul is one of the most principled members of Congress, with whom he frequently agrees.
Mr. Farah writes that Dr. Paul is "clueless" about terrorism, and rejects Dr. Paul's position that intervention in the Middle East has caused unintended consequences which have empowered the Jihadists. The list of experts who agree with Congressman Paul includes former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, Iraqi war architect Paul Wolfowitz, former CIA bin Laden Task Force chief Michael Scheuer, and the premier expert on suicide terrorism, Dr. Robert Pape. Are these experts also clueless?
The truth is our intervention in Iraq is another misadventure in liberal-style nation building, a no-win police action based upon U.N. resolutions which has galvanized our true enemies, the Jihadists. Dr. Paul opposes this incredibly expensive gift to Osama bin Laden.
On immigration, Mr. Farah states Dr. Paul "implied amnesty wouldn't be such a bad idea." Totally false. Dr. Paul is on the record in the last debate and in a hundred other places as being completely opposed to amnesty. He is also opposed to the welfare magnet that attracts illegal aliens, to birthright citizenship, to student visas from terrorist nations, and to the GOP proposed "reform" of legal immigration that could allow 60 million more immigrants into the country.
Government intervention in violation of the Constitution, at home and overseas, is bankrupting this nation. We must stop the elites opposed to American independence who seek to erase our borders and want our troops in 130 foreign countries. The people are waking up, on the Internet and in living rooms across our land. There is hope for America, in the candidacy of Ron Paul for president.
Jesse Benton is communications director for the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign.