Dr. K.A. Paul with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Dr. K.A. Paul (right) with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Credit: Courtesy of Global Peace Initiative

Paul, 52, was born in India and in 1989 first came to Houston, where he lives when he isn’t busy globetrotting. He calls this year’s presidential race “the most important election of our lifetime.” Why? He fears a victory by Clinton, the front-runner, over whomever emerges from a muddled Republican field. A prominent critic of the George W. Bush administration’s war in Iraq, Paul backed President Barack Obama in the 2008 election due to Obama’s opposition of the war. After seeing Obama’s foreign policy, including secretary of state Clinton’s handling of the Libya crisis and more recently the Iran deal, Paul is singing a much different tune on the Democrats.