About this episode

Ron Paul discusses the implications of foreign intervention on American freedom and the cyclical nature of foreign policy failures.

The Strait of Hormuz reopens, oil drops, and the headlines move on. We slow the tape and ask the uncomfortable question: if things can snap back this fast, why did we get pushed into the crisis in the first place? We’re joined by Dr. Ron Paul, constitutionalist, former congressman, and founder of the Ron Paul Institute and host of The Liberty Report. He argues that the Iran war is a textbook example of intervention gone wrong: an empire mindset that manufactures emergencies, spends lives and money, and then demands applause for a partial reset. We dig into why foreign policy failures keep repeating, why “blowback” is not a conspiracy word but a basic description of cause and effect, and why propaganda makes bad strategy look inevitable. Ron Paul also connects the dots many politicians keep separate: war and economics. We talk about debt-financed conflict, the legacy of Bretton Woods, the Federal Reserve, and how the military-industrial complex thrives when costs are hidden and accountability is blurry. From universities to Washington, we explore how education and incentives shape what the public is told to fear and what it’s taught to ignore. We close with the next generation…

People in this episode

Host: Kelley Vlahos

Guest: Ron Paul

Topics covered

• foreign policy
• interventionism
• economics
• war
• debt
• propaganda
• non-intervention

Keywords

• intervention
• freedom
• foreign policy
• blowback
• debt-financed conflict
• military-industrial complex
• non-interventionist
• Constitution
• natural law

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ron Paul Institute, The Liberty Report, Federal Reserve, military-industrial complex

Places: Strait of Hormuz

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