In a spontaneous appearance on “The Situation Room,” Republican representative and presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-Tex) talked about the recent assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and shared foreign policy views that – once again – differed greatly from those held by other candidates.

“Enough is enough,” the doctor said of America’s current foreign policy.

Paul told Wolf Blitzer that, if he were the current US president, he would not worry about Pakistan’s internal affairs and would instead work to involve America even less.

The interview came on the heels of statements from many headline-making candidates who claimed that they would increase American involvement in Pakistan – either by taking charge of the situation via the UN Security Council or by orchestrating a Federal investigation into the assassination. Giuliani, McCain and Clinton all began to immediately spout how their 'experience' would help them in such a situation.

While Dr. Paul claimed that, as president, he would urge that Pakistan take a sensible approach to the tragedy, he added that he would commit no military aid and no intelligence cooperation to the effort. Representative Paul also said that the United States should cease the flow of troops and money into the country – and the Middle East, in general.

He said that America has given money that has aided a dictator who overthrew an elected government. Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf is nothing more than a US puppet. This sort of U.S. puppet government, according to Paul, is simply angering Al Qaeda in the region.

When asked if he was concerned about Al Qaeda or an Islamic fundamentalist regime taking over a country with nuclear capabilities if America were to leave Pakistan to its own devices, Paul replied that he was. He was also concerned, he added, with numerous Soviet nukes that are unaccounted for and are likely currently floating around central Asia.

Paul closed the interview by reviewing the global responsibilities that his country should have. America should be friends with people, trade with people and sort things out democratically, he said. It should not bribe other countries with donations and aid or threaten them with attack. The US should exercise neutrality, talking and trading with other countries, and then leaving them alone.

People will, undoubtedly twist this interview and/or this article out of context, but it’s great to finally see a candidate respond to a situation honestly. While the other candidates are pandering to the media to avoid saying something wrong, Paul is sticking to his guns marvelously. And while they attack each other over, essentially, the same foreign policies, Dr. Paul is once again standing alone – and arguably above the competition.

Not to mention, it was intriguing to see another honest interview on a major network.