November 11, 2007 - True Patriot and Congressman
Ron
Paul
In the name of clamping down on "terrorist uprisings" in
Pakistan, General Musharraf has declared a state of emergency
and imposed martial law. The true motivations behind this action
however, are astonishingly transparent, as the reports come
in that mainly lawyers and opposition party members are being
arrested and harassed. Supreme Court justices are held in house
arrest after indicating some reluctance to certify the legitimacy
of Musharraf's recent re-election.
Meanwhile, terrorist threats on US interests may be more likely
to originate from Pakistan, a country to which we have sent
$10 billion.
Now we are placed in the difficult position of either continuing
to support a military dictator who has taken some blatantly
un-Democratic courses of action, or withdrawing support and
angering this nuclear-capable country. The administration is
carefully negotiating this tight-rope by "reviewing Pakistan's
foreign aid package" and asking Musharraf to relinquish
his military title and schedule elections.
By the time he complies with the requests of the White House
sufficiently to continue to receive his "allowance," courtesy
of the American taxpayer, his mission will be accomplished.
A more friendly Supreme Court will be installed and enough
of the opposition party will be jailed or detained to assure
an outcome of the elections that will meet with his approval.
All the while, our administration lauds Musharraf as a trusted
friend and ally.
So much for a War on Terror. So much for making the world
safe for democracy.
Free trade means no sanctions against Iran, or Cuba or anyone
else for that matter. Entangling alliances with no one means
no foreign aid to Pakistan, or Egypt, or Israel, or anyone
else for that matter. If an American citizen determines a foreign
country or cause is worthy of their money, let them send it,
and encourage their neighbors to send money too, but our government
has no authority to use hard-earned American taxpayer dollars
to mire us in these nightmarishly complicated, no-win entangling
alliances.
When we look at global situations today, the words of our
founding fathers are becoming more relevant daily. We need
to understand that a simple, humble foreign policy makes us
less vulnerable and less targeted on the world stage. Pakistan
should not be getting an "allowance" from us and
we should not be propping up military dictators that oppress
people. We should mind our own business and stop the oppressive
taxation of Americans that makes this meddling possible.
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