Ron Paul has a point
Fox News
by Radley Balko
05/21/07
The reaction to the showdown between Rep. Ron Paul and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been fascinating. Paul suggested that the recent history of U.S. foreign policy endeavors overseas may have had something to do with terrorists’ willingness to come to America, live here for several months, then give their lives to kill as many Americans as possible. Perhaps, Paul suggested, the 15-year presence of the U.S. military forces in Muslim countries may have motivated them. For that, Giuliani excoriated him, calling it an ‘extraordinary statement,’ adding, ‘I don’t think I’ve heard that before.’ Let’s be blunt. Giuliani was either lying, or he hasn’t cracked a book in six years. The ‘blowback’ theory isn’t some fringe idea common only to crazy Sept. 11 conspiracy theorists. It doesn’t suggest that we ‘deserved’ the Sept. 11 attacks, nor does it suggest we shouldn’t have retaliated against the people who waged them. What it does say is that actions have consequences... [editor’s note: As usual it takes Radley Balko to present the first sign of MSM sanity on this … at the Faux News site! - SAT]
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274174,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Giuliani
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Radley+Balko
by Radley Balko
05/21/07
The reaction to the showdown between Rep. Ron Paul and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been fascinating. Paul suggested that the recent history of U.S. foreign policy endeavors overseas may have had something to do with terrorists’ willingness to come to America, live here for several months, then give their lives to kill as many Americans as possible. Perhaps, Paul suggested, the 15-year presence of the U.S. military forces in Muslim countries may have motivated them. For that, Giuliani excoriated him, calling it an ‘extraordinary statement,’ adding, ‘I don’t think I’ve heard that before.’ Let’s be blunt. Giuliani was either lying, or he hasn’t cracked a book in six years. The ‘blowback’ theory isn’t some fringe idea common only to crazy Sept. 11 conspiracy theorists. It doesn’t suggest that we ‘deserved’ the Sept. 11 attacks, nor does it suggest we shouldn’t have retaliated against the people who waged them. What it does say is that actions have consequences... [editor’s note: As usual it takes Radley Balko to present the first sign of MSM sanity on this … at the Faux News site! - SAT]
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274174,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ron+Paul
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Giuliani
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Radley+Balko
rudkla - 23. Mai, 15:15
