Guest Post by Ron Paul
Nothing upset the Washington Beltway elites more than when in a 2007 presidential debate I pointed out the truth about the 9/11 attacks: they attacked us because we’ve been in the Middle East, sanctioning and bombing the civilian population, for decades. The 9/11 attackers were not motivated to commit suicide terrorism on the Twin Towers and Pentagon because they dislike our freedoms, as then-President Bush claimed. That was a self-serving lie.
They hated – and hate – us because we kill them for no reason. Day after day. Year after year. Right up until just a few days ago, when President Biden slaughtered Zemari Ahmadi and nine members of his family – including seven children – in Afghanistan. The Administration bragged about taking out a top ISIS target. But they lied. Ahmadi was just an aid worker, working for a California-based organization, bringing water to suffering Afghan village residents.
This horror has been repeated thousands of times, over and over, for decades. Does Washington believe these people are subhuman? That they somehow don’t care about their relatives being killed? That they don’t react as we would react if a foreign power slaughtered our families?
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright famously suggested in an interview that killing half a million Iraqi children with sanctions designed to remove Saddam Hussein from power was “worth it.” It was an admission that the lives of innocents mean nothing to the Washington elite, even as they paint their murderous interventions as some kind of “humanitarian liberation.” The slogan of the US foreign policy establishment really should be, “No Lives Matter.”
The Washington foreign policy elites – Republicans and Democrats – are deeply corrupt and act contrary to US national interests. They pretend that decades of indiscriminate bombing overseas are beneficial to the victims and keep us safer as well. That is how they are able, year after year, to convince Congress to hand over a trillion dollars – money taken directly and indirectly from average Americans. They use fear and lies for their own profit. And they call themselves patriots.
The Washington establishment lied to us because they did not want us to stop for a second and try to understand the motive for the 9/11 attacks. Police detectives are not apologists for killers when they try to look for a motive for the crime. But the Washington elite did not want us to think about why people might be motivated to suicide attack. That might endanger their 100-year gravy train.
What was the real message of 9/11 to Americans? Give up your freedoms for the false promise of security. It’s OK for the government to spy on all of us. It’s OK for the TSA to abuse us for the “privilege” of traveling in our own country. We must continue to bomb people overseas. Don’t worry it’s only temporary.
So, twenty years on what have we learned from 9/11? Absolutely nothing. And we all know what the philosopher George Santayana said about those incapable of learning from history. I desperately hope that somehow the United States will adopt a non-interventionist foreign policy, which would actually protect us from another attack. I truly wish Americans would demand that their leaders learn from history. The only way to make us safe is to end the reign of the Washington killing machine.
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“So, twenty years on what have we learned from 9/11?”
“they” watch every post made on the net.
I agree, America should have had a non intervention policy after WWII. But the dirty money wouldn’t flow like that.
Why should I care if Ahmed beats his wife? If he has four they can easily hold him down and put a knife in his heart and solve the problem. As long as Ahmed and his wives stay there, and even that isn’t happening.
Sadly, while Ron’s premise is correct, that 100+ years of terrorism in the middle east is behind whatever terrorism can actually be attributed to them, he likely still thinks that 9-11 was pulled off by Muslims from the middle east, rather than Israelis and Deep State actors from the US. The GOP debate stage and audience was certainly not prepared to allow him to tell any REAL truths, and it is great that he pointed the appropriate fingers based on the “official government narrative,” but sadly it has done no good whatsoever as we continue to murder innocents in foreign lands every day still.
To late for sure but 911 taught me that the government lies,no matter which party is in power. How stupid do you have to be to believe that they found passports of terrorists in the rubble after just a few short hours.
In near-perfect condition no less (despite the entire building being reduced to near dust and the massive explosions from the “plane”).
Lurn into it, Bildrungsroman7, cuz the novel promises you’ll come of age that way (if a bldg7 doesn’t fall on you first…tho, in a way, it already has).
Naivete is one of the many ways of the men w/o chests.
It’s interesting how Ron Paul always pushes the official 9/11 tale. Some people I respect have always said he’s controlled opposition.