Monday, December 10, 2007

Examining a piece of the thought of Ron Paul

Last night at the GOP Univision debate, Mr. Paul said: "We create the Chavezes of the world, we create the Castros of the world by interfering and creating chaos in their countries, and they respond by throwing out their leader."

You know, it's sad. When it comes to our domestic policies here in the United States, Ron Paul is a champion of Americans taking responsibility for themselves and for their own actions. He urges us to break our dependence upon the federal government. Great.

But then we come to his foreign policy. And suddenly, Castro isn't responsible for what Castro does, and Chavez isn't responsible for what Chavez does. Suddenly, Americans are--we "created" Castro and Chavez. Mr. Paul isn't thinking clearly when it comes to foreign policy--he's thinking too much like a liberal.