The mainstream media and both political parties have turned the events of Benghazi into a political show. Facts have emerged, cover-ups have been revealed, and responsibility has not been taken, but at the heart of the situation exists more than a blame game. The heart of the issue, according to former Congressman Ron Paul, is a decades-long failed foreign policy of interventionism.
Telling it like it is, Ron Paul, in a recent op-ed, said that "The post-Benghazi discussion on Capitol Hill has been 'more of a sideshow' than an honest investigation of what motivated the attacks that left the U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead."
Ron Paul believes government interventionism into the affairs of other nations causes blowback, which is a cycle of violence witnessed when covert CIA operations backfire.
Shrugging off the blame game
Many remember the aftermath of the Benghazi tragedy, how the Obama Administration accused Nakoula Basseley of posting a racist video, which supposedly caused a violent protest that led to the killing of Ambassador Stevens.
Many on the right are demanding accountability from the Obama Administration now, railing against the lack of security that surrounded the late Ambassador Stevens.
According to Paul, all this is political racket, bypassing the root of the problem.
Constitutional principles that have been disregarded for decades
As the blame game rages, Paul consistently blames failed ideas, instead of accusing a person or a political party. Paul explains that the United States has been intervening into the foreign affairs of other countries without properly respecting the sovereignty of individual countries. Paul believes in avoiding war and believes that the US has no right to send military into another country without properly declaring war through Congress as stated in the Constitution. In this way, war, violence, blowback, and suicides can all be avoided and peaceful national security can be preserved.
