Ron Paul's assertion about 9/11 DOES NOT deserve to be debated

[burythehatchet]

"Have you ever read about the reasons they attacked us? They attack us because we've been over there. We've been bombing Iraq for 10 years,"

That's Paul's exact quote. Deos anyone not see what's happening? Paul is a Republican. That means first and foremost that he has a function in the Republican Borg. They march in unison. Notice the juxtaposition of the two sentences: They attacke us:We've been bombing Iraq. Of course, tie Iraq to 9/11. The Rudy's feigned outrage. OH MY GOD, HOW COULD YOU, to make it seem that Paul is wacky to suggest it. This is Kabuki theater at its finest (worst).

It's all a frickin' game.

The real assertion that needs to be debated is what role Dick Cheney have in facilitating the attacks of 9/11. Period.

[panader0]

1. Ron Paul mentioned Iraq only

But the US has been meddling in the Middle East since the discovery of oil. T to tie 9/11 to Iraq only is a mistake, but to tie it to our past meddling in the Middle East is true.

[burythehatchet]

2. And that right there is Karl's MO. A little kernal or truth mixed with

a ton of misdirection.

[LoZoccolo]

3. Thanks for letting us know about that.

Here I was thinking that the Borg was something from Star Trek; I honestly didn't know.

[CJCRANE]

4. The debate should be about Bushco negligence*.

Mohammed Atta could never have achieved such spectacular results without that.

(*I personally belive it was closer to MIHOP but the public needs to be introduced to these concepts slowly).

[Deb]

5. Thank you, that is exactly how I heard it the night of the debate

and figured it was to be an issue. The whole GOP debate stunk of a setup.

[jazzjunkysue]

6. I understand your point and there are certainly lots of times when this

is exactly what's going on.

But at that debate, no one was given enough time to put a full sentence together. THe debate itself was a joke.

But I have felt that all of Paul's statements against our middle east policies have been sincere. It was actually a relief that the fact that we were bombing Iraq for years was reported at all.

I also don't think his statement can do anything except cast more doubt on the GOP and B*. I don't see how that statement could help them win any votes.

If it were issued from Cheney or Rove, you'd be spot on, and they do this all the time. Absolutely. But if Paul were really under their thumb, he woudn't have said it at all, me thinks.

But it does help when we can keep from falling for the same old "they" rhetoric, and throwing different middle eastern groups into one big pile, which is the big lie that powers the war machine: "They" attacked "us" and so "we" attacked Iraq.

That convolution does have to be stopped.