D r. Paul said that the the attacks on the United States on September 11thwere “blowback” from the
American government’s interventionist foreign policy. Giuliani, insisting that they hate us for our “
freedom,” demanded Paul retract his statement “ which Paul refused to do.
When asked for a comment about the controversy, Giraldi said,
“I think anybody who knows anything about what’s been going on for the last 10 years would realize
that cause and effect are operating here “ that, essentially, al Qaeda has an agenda which very
specifically says what its grievances are. And its grievances are basically that ‘we’re over there.’
“So all Ron Paul was basically saying was that “ even as the 9/11 commission report indicated “
there were consequences for our presence in the Middle East and if we seriously want to address the
terrorism problem we have to be serious about that issue.
“Giuliani indicated that he was not only not serious about that issue, but seemed to be ignorant of
both the 9/11 [Commission] report and political realities in the Middle East.”
(Giraldi also disdained both Giuliani and Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s embrace of torture and
the Guantanamo prison and explained how it only helps al Qaeda, particularly in their propaganda
efforts.)
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