Ron Paul’s non-interventionist viewpoint is challenged by the mainstream neoconservative viewpoint that it is the responsibility of the United States to spread Democracy at the barrel of the gun around the world. The septuagenarian congressman has retired from politics but is still speaking out on foreign policy issues that get America needlessly bogged down in police actions and don’t benefit the citizens who are taxed to pay for it.
Paul attacked the military industrial complex, claiming that it seems like you can’t even criticize military spending without appearing unpatriotic. He wonder if there will ever be a time when it’s possible to discuss cutting budgets if the Wilsonian democrats who currently are in charge of foreign policy remain in control.