http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=20783"Hearing Rep. Ron Paul recite the reasons for Arab and Islamic resentment of the United States, including 10 years of bombing and sanctions that brought death to thousands of Iraqis after the Gulf War, Rudy Giuliani broke format and exploded"
With this statement, Paul implied that Saddam was involved in the planning of the attacks. Weren't Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Perle the ones who argued this? I don't think Paul realized that with his statement, he was agreeing with a position that he disagrees with.
"Lest we forget, Osama bin Laden was among the mujahideen whom we, in the Reagan decade, were aiding when they were fighting to expel the Red Army from Afghanistan. We sent them Stinger missiles, Spanish mortars, sniper rifles. And they helped drive the Russians out."
Should the US have allowed Russia to have influence there?
"What Ron Paul was addressing was the question of what turned the allies we aided into haters of the United States. Was it the fact that they discovered we have freedom of speech or separation of church and state? Do they hate us because of who we are?"
Yes to both.
"Or do they hate us because of what we do?"
They use this as their excuse.
"Ron Paul says Osama bin Laden is delighted we invaded Iraq. "
Is it true that about a couple weeks before the war began, bin Laden released a tape daring the US-led coalition to invade?