Ron Paul is dead on, as usual. He's one of only a few good, principled politicians. He and Dennis Kucinich should run on the same ticket for President and Vice President.
Man... the thing you quoted is wasn't an unrelated diversion - it was related because WikiLeaks released the video of what I stated in the section you quoted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0