Liberty Maven

Interesting information is coming to light about the viability of al-Qaeda and Bin Laden himself. This validates Ron Paul’s urging of non-interventionism and as always is on target.

The conviction is growing in intelligence circles that Usama bin Laden’s days might be numbered, but his demise will likely have nothing to do with Bush Administration efforts to kill him, which continue to be inept, unfocused, and overly reliant on allies like Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to do the heavy lifting. Many officers within the counterterrorism community are beginning to question some basic assumptions about al-Qaeda and how great a threat it continues to represent. The internal debate has been revealed by Steve Coll, who has authored a best settler on the bin Ladens (The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century) and has recently written an essay for The Los Angeles Times suggesting that Usama bin Laden may well understand that he in serious danger of being killed within the next year. (Source: American Conservative Blog)

If true, this is yet another point making Ron Paul the remaining Presidential candidate with the most insight into foreign policy. The simple truth is that it isn’t quite that insightful. After all, it is only the foreign policy our founding father’s recommended over 200 years ago. What is sad, is that no other Presidential candidate has a consistent record of following the advice of our founders. Yet again, Ron Paul proves that it isn’t difficult to get it right. The difficult part is keeping it right in the face of so many advocates of the opposite.