Was Ron Paul's statement about why we were attacked on September the 11TH really that extraordinary or absurd?

Question

"Are you suggesting that we invited the attacks?"
Rudy VS. Ron Paul & David Cross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7aFXRAW7mg

Rudolph Giuliani was unable to contain himself. He spoke out of turn and said, “That's really an extraordinary statement. That's really an extraordinary statement, as someone who lived through the attack of Sept. 11, that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq . I don't think I have ever heard that before and I have heard some pretty absurd explanations for Sept. 11. I would ask the congressman withdraw that comment and tell us that he didn't really mean that.”

The audience was practically in a roar in cheering him on.
Is the Nazi Germany? Who are these people that are cheering?
http://www.strike-the-root.com/71/mike/mike13.html

Answer 1

Not at all. The administration has relied on an absurd rationale for terrorism to avoid taking any responsibility for the consequences of their actions. When asked the reasons for their actions, terrorists regularly complain about US support for Israel, oppression of the Palestinians, and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Not one has ever said "I hate your freedoms."

Answer 2

The statements are very diverse and that i imagine Wright is a finished nutcase. the U. S. pushed for an end to apartheid in South Africa for years and the Palestinians are the terrorists no longer the victims of terrorism like he paints them. I agree that the U. S. meddles too a lot contained in the affairs of alternative international locations. there's somewhat extra reality in Paul's fact because all administrations of both events supported the Saudi authorities because of oil. i imagine the fundamentalists hated us without reason and basically used that as an excuse.

Answer 3

Shortly after that Ron Paul gave Rudy a reading list that included the 9/11 commision's report which Rudy had obviously not read.
Rudy is a fake and an embarrassment.

Answer 4

I remember hearing Giuliani go off with his nonsense, yet most people cheered even though they don't know what happened during 9/11.

They don't hear about the falsified air quality report that has caused the deaths of many first responders and the medical problems of 30,000 first responders that continue on today. Or that before an investigation even occurred, Giuliani had all the steel shipped off to China to be melted down. Or that after all the gold was recovered from the rubble of the WTC towers, he ordered for a massive "scoop and dump" of all the remains to be placed on barges. These remains included some of the fallen. Which now has been reported to be used for filling potholes in NYC.

What about during his Peter Jennings interview when he was told that the WTC towers were going to collapse. Now my question is, who told him this information? And why wasn't this info spread out, so that the casuality count would've been less.

F+CK Rudy Giuliani!!!! GO RON PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Ron Paul's explanation as to why we were attacked
on 9/11/01 is neither extraordinary or absurd .Ron Paul's
explanation is grounded in truth ,whereas Rudy Giuliani's
explanation is naive at best and duplicitous at worst .

Answer 6

Ron Paul struck a nerve. The 'establishment' has been lying to Congress, hoodwinking the American people and conning our courageous U.S. soldiers into believing there is honorable purpose in this insane, obscene, illegal, unconstitutional, immoral 'war'.
Just as we hated the Japanese when they attacked us on December 7, 1941, citizens of the Middle East have hated the U.S.A. for years because of our bullying, interference and military intervention. Paul is right: how would WE like it if Iraq (or China, or Iran, or Canada) invaded the United States for no good reasons other than the current President's family had a personal vendetta and needed to 'settle the score'; because the current Vice-President coveted all our oil; or because a giant military-industrial complex needed to boost its sagging profits after too many years of peace??
If the Bush administration had no hand in 9-11 (which I find difficult to fathom), that event was certainly exploited and became a catalyst for attacking Iraq.

Answer 7

Looks like your hero (who also happens to be Rethuglican) is showing his true colors. I knew it wouldn't be long. Look, bash me all you want. I don't care. I also thought it was very cowardly of you to send me an e-mail a month ago telling me not to vote and then you disable the feature and I wasn't able to e-mail you back. Oh these repukes and their supporters never cease to amaze me. America, this once great country is screwed. And we're all idiots for sitting back and letting it happen. The apocolypse couldn't come any sooner in my opinion.

Answer 8

Ron Paul want's the best for us.

Answer 9

I wasn't there, so I wasn't cheering, but I can't believe anybody would take that kind of stand.
I'm hardly a right-wing radical type, but irresponsible statements like Paul's are degrading to America. We have enough problems but justifying the mass murder of 3,000 citizens the way he did serves no purpose but to give support to the people that attacked us.
Fortunately, Paul will go back to being a non-entity in a few months