Do I think Ron Paul was wrong last night about nonintervention in regards to Al Queda? Absolutely. But is Paul a crazy nutjob? Absolutely not. As I predicted yesterday, Paul’s comments about nonintervention were misinterpreted by the mainstream media and many GOP pundits. Paul was not saying that we were at fault for 9/11, but rather our interventionist foreign policy made an attack like 9/11 more plausible. He also stated that the United States needs to give thought to our interventionist policy, being aware that some of our actions worldwide could cause resentment or “blowback.”

I don’t really agree with Ron Paul in that our foreign policy makes attacks like 9/11 more plausible, but it makes sense that some regions of the world could resent our actions. However, for the sake of the national interest, the world and its “opinion” can stick it. The interests of the United States come first, not the interests of other nations.

Anyway, here’s the YouTube clip - decide for yourself.


Update: Doug Mataconis has a great article on the distortion of Ron Paul’s comments here.