{"id":55998,"date":"2025-11-04T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=55998"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:45:30","slug":"ron-paul-on-crazy-foreign-policy-white-house-to-host-former-al-qaeda-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/04\/ron-paul-on-crazy-foreign-policy-white-house-to-host-former-al-qaeda-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Paul on Crazy Foreign Policy: White House To Host Former al Qaeda Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>On today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RonPaulLibertyReport\">Ron Paul Liberty Report<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is the insanity of US foreign policy in a nutshell that self-styled Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa is to be welcomed to the White House. Just before his (US-aided) rise to power in Syria last year he was head of the local al-Qaeda branch in Syria. Before that he worked with al-Qaeda in Iraq and is responsible for the death of numerous US service members.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ksUwmN-GYg?si=PuP0CfSn9sUDAD8q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Reprinted from <a href=\"http:\/\/ronpaulinstitute.org\/\">The Ron Paul Institute for Peace &amp; Prosperity<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today\u2019s Ron Paul Liberty Report: It is the insanity of US foreign policy in a nutshell that self-styled Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa is to be welcomed to the White House. Just before his (US-aided) rise to power in Syria last year he was head of the local al-Qaeda branch in Syria. 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