Ron Paul
November 13, 2007
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst
"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."
If you don't want your hard-earned wages to be supporting dictators
like Musharraf and others around the world...
Vote Ron Paul!
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