Title: Ron Paul Tells CNN's Glen Beck Show: "I Haven't Accepted The 9/11 Investigation". Source:
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Ron Paul on CNN's Glen Beck show:
Host: So many of your supporters I meet are also part of the 911 truth movement; you've appeared in a movie END GAME that talks about the bilderbergers, etc. Why do you think there is such an attraction from that part of the political discourse, to your movement?
Ron Paul: "Well, I'm not sure, and one of the reasons is that though I don't endorse those concerns, I probably have .. ya know. uh.. encouraged it in, uh, ironically because I haven't accepted the uh, 911, uh, investigation.
Host: You haven't?
Paul: "No because. I think they hid things from us , and they didn't want to blame anybody. Nobody was discovered to be inept but we spent 40 billion dollars on security.. and .. and ..the information was there..
Later in the interview the host continues: "Well once again I disagree with you but are you saying there's something about the 911 attack that we should know but don't? I thought we know; 19 guys airplanes slammed into the buildings. What don't we know?"
I suggest watching this whole 20+ minute video, but here are some notable remarks:
11:16 Paul speaks on the north American Union, the U.N., and the world government movement
A questioner then asks Paul about "the relentless erosion of our civil liberties... why wasn't there more of an outcry from republican congressmen?"
Paul's reply at minute 12:28.
Ron Paul: "911 changed everything. and they loved it... The neocons believed they should be world conquerers.. 20 or 30 people who hijack our domestic civil liberties policy, economic policy, foreign policy..
...and thats what they wanted. and they even talked before 9/11, not that they planned it or expected it. but they always sort of, a lucky event, could be another pearl harbor event, they talked about it being a lucky event,.. it fell in their lap and it changed everything.. and then you get guys like Giuliani that make a living off it.... people have not listened to the admonishment of Benjamin Franklin.."
Paul then jokes about toothpaste confiscation at airports and how people 'feel good and secure about it'.
GRAHAM: I want to speak about foreign policy for a second, because you and I disagree on foreign policy. You know, having a loony tune like Saddam Hussein running around, threatening his neighbors was never good for gas prices.
You add China and India`s demand in a tight supply to a loony tune like Saddam Hussein, you have a problem.
I have to ask you, because I think it`s a necessary question. So many of your supporters I meet are also part of the 9/11 truth movement. You`ve appeared in a movie "End Game" that talks about the build-a-burgers (ph), et cetera. Why do you think there is such an attraction from that part of the political discourse to your movement?
PAUL: Well, I`m not sure. And one of the reasons is that, though I don`t endorse those concerns, I probably have, you know, encouraged it, ironically. Because I haven`t accepted the 9/11 investigation.
GRAHAM: You haven`t?
PAUL: No. Because I think they hid things from us, and they didn`t want to blame anybody. Nobody was discovered to be inept. We spent $40 billion on security, and the information was there.
What about the CIA agent that reported 35 or 40 times that these individuals were flying airplanes but learning how to fly airplanes but not land them, and we didn`t do anything. But nobody was punished. So there was a lot of ineptness there on it. And nobody talks about the incentives for people to commit suicide terrorism.
And it`s very, very clear that suicide terrorists are not motivated because people are rich or because they`re free. They`re motivated, mainly, and almost wholeheartedly, because they`re occupied by foreign nations. If we don`t understand that, we are going to be forever threatened by terrorists.
GRAHAM: Once again, I disagree with you. But you are saying there`s something about the 9/11 attack that we should know but don`t? I thought we knew. Nineteen guys, airplanes slammed into the buildings. What don`t we know?
PAUL: Well, what we don`t know is who was inept. We had that information buried in all those records that some of these people were stirring around. We didn`t do anything to prevent it. I mean, we had all this money spent to protect us.
On that day, on 9/11, Seoul, Korea, was better protected than Washington, D.C., and New York City. So there`s something wrong. We`re looking outward not inward. We closed our bases in America, and we build them in Saudi Arabia, which was the No. 1 motivating factor of Osama bin Laden. He says, "You have a military base by foreigners on our holy land."
So we have to understand that. It`s not -- it`s no way we can solve this problem.
GRAHAM: And of course, we there were because of the threat of Saddam Hussein, which takes us back to the beginning.
But Congressman, I`ve got to take a quick break. I`d love to continue this conversation. When we return, more with Congressman Ron Paul in just a minute. Please stick around.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
GRAHAM: I`m back with Texas congressman, former presidential candidate and Campaign for Liberty founder, Ron Paul.
And Congressman Paul, I am excited that you`re getting young people excited about libertarian ideas, pumped up. Will they be playing a role in the presidential election? Will you be backing the libertarian candidate, Bob Barr?
PAUL: I have not made that decision as of now, no. I haven`t endorsed anybody for the presidency. We`re mainly working on a grand celebration of liberty, a rally in Minneapolis on September 2. But maybe after that, I might think about it. But there`s a friend running in for the Constitutional Party -- on the Constitutional Party ticket as well as Bob Barr.
GRAHAM: I`m curious about this mini-convention you`re going to have while the Republicans are in Minneapolis. Is that the plan? Are you there to protest? Are you there to amplify? What`s the goal?
PAUL: Well, it`s a philosophic protest, but it`s not even nearby. It`s like eight miles away. And it`s to help celebrate what was accomplished in this last year and a half. The hundreds of thousands of people that have worked in the campaign, as well as over a million votes and over millions more that have been interested.
It`s to come there, and to celebrate what we have done, and make plans for the future. But it`s not there to disrupt or be confrontational or demonstrate or anything like that. It`s to be very positive and to emphasize why more freedom is necessary, not more government.
GRAHAM: And of course, you`ve got to love libertarian protesters. They respect private property. They don`t burn anything, turn anything over.
But I do want to ask about the concern that I`ve heard from some people who really don`t want to see Democrats take control of the White House. They`re very concerned about it. And they`re concerned, Congressman Paul, that your movement might be the Ralph Nader movement of 2008. Might make just enough different in just the right states to give the election to Senator Obama.
PAUL: Well, if it`s motivating some Republicans to put pressure on our nominee to be more conservative, that`s good.
But what they don`t understand is that the No. 1 group of people who come to our campaign are young people who may be Obama supporters. So the Republican Party really should be encouraging me, because I can compete and draw people away from Obama, because he doesn`t offer anything for change. His foreign policy isn`t any different. His foreign policy is the same as McCain`s foreign policy.
So I would say that I would get more votes drawn away from Obama than from McCain.