CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- When explaining his anti-interventionist foreign policy in front of a crowd of about 300 people here, Ron Paul referenced the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 and argued that attacking Iran would unite the country against us.
"You know how we felt when we were attacked," he said on Thursday evening. "We weren't Democrats and Republicans and independents. We were attacked, and we all were together and said, 'Why did this happen, what are we going to do, and how are we going to repel it, and how are we going to prepare for it?'"
Paul has said repeatedly that the United States should not attack Iran to prevent it from building nuclear weapons. He said Thursday that bombing the country would hurt an effort by some Iranians to overthrow their leaders.
"They say every time we threaten and they think they're going to be attacked, the ayatollahs get stronger," he said. "So if we start bombing, their whole effort to undermine the ayatollah and change their government would be undermined."
At the same time, bombing another country could lead to another attack on U.S. soil, Paul warned.
"People misinterpret what I say about what happened on 9/11, but very clearly -- it was so tragic -- but I just point out that a different foreign policy might have diminished the incentive," he said. "I don't believe people are going to come over here and commit suicide to prove that we're rich and free. They don't do that. They come because they're angry at us."
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