{"id":3991,"date":"2015-03-16T14:20:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T14:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=3991"},"modified":"2015-03-16T14:20:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T14:20:24","slug":"iran-fighting-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2015\/03\/iran-fighting-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Fighting ISIS \u2013 Is it Really a Problem? – Article by Ron Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As Iran continues to take an active role in helping Iraq fight ISIS, many US neocons are upset that the US military is not over there on the ground doing the fighting. They want Americans believe that only another US invasion of Iraq \u2013 and of Syria as well \u2013 can defeat ISIS. But what is wrong with the countries of the region getting together and deciding to cooperate on a common problem?<\/p>\n

While the entry of Iranian-backed Shi\u2019ite militias into ISIS-occupied areas may not be ideal \u2013 there are bound to be revenge killings and sectarian fighting \u2013 it is far more likely that the ISIS problem will be solved by the countries in the region than by US bombs and ground troops. Our bombs will continue to make the problem worse because it was our bombs that helped create the problem in the first place. What the neocons who lied us into the Iraq war don\u2019t like to admit is that there was no ISIS problem and no al-Qaeda problem in Iraq and Syria before we invaded Iraq.<\/p>\n

ISIS is an idea, not a country or an army, which is why the US declaring war on ISIS makes no sense. It is clear that if we really want to defeat ISIS, the last thing we should be doing is bombing and sending troops back to Iraq and into Syria. Our bombs and involvement in the region only serve to recruit more fighters into ISIS. To make matters worse, many of these radicalized fighters come from Europe and even the US. What happens when they go home?<\/p>\n

What if the US had not gotten involved with Iraq in 1990 when Saddam Hussein went into Kuwait after getting what he thought was a green light from the first Bush Administration? The interventionists were saying that if we did not act, Saddam Hussein was going to take over the region and perhaps more! But what about the other countries in the region that may have felt threatened? Maybe Saudi Arabia would have made a move; maybe Israel would have taken care of the problem. Why does it always have to be the US?<\/p>\n

The dedicated neocons and other interventionists will not cheer Iran currently taking steps to defeat ISIS even though they claim that ISIS is at this time the number one threat to the US. Why don\u2019t they like this good news? Because they desire the rest of the world to believe that the US is the only indispensable nation. They want the rest of the world \u2013 and especially the American taxpayer \u2013 to believe that no problem anywhere can be solved without US involvement.<\/p>\n

It diminishes our prestige, they argue, for us not to take the lead in every conflict everywhere on the globe. Perhaps if people overseas begin to see that they can solve their own local and regional problems without the US military involved, more Americans would come to see the neocons as the real threat to our national \u2013 and financial \u2013 security.<\/p>\n

Instead of being angered at Iranian help to address the problem of ISIS, perhaps we should send them a \u201cthank you\u201d note.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ron Paul, MD, is a former three-time Republican candidate for U. S. President and Congressman from Texas.
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This article is reprinted with permission from the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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