Ron Paul said:
They [the 9/11 terrorists]
attacked us because we’re over there, we’ve been bombing Iraq for 10 years…
Source:
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=2092
click on ‘Paul vs 9/11 criminal.
Assumption: “we’ve been bombing Iraq for 10 years” refers to actions taken by the United States post-Gulf War to enforce the blockade of and the no-fly zones in Iraq.
Point: The blockade and no-fly zones were either just or unjust.
Point: The blockade and no-fly zones resulted in/contributed to the deaths of thousands of Iraqis.
If RP thought the blockade and no-fly zones were a just action, he wouldn’t have brought it up relative to the 9/11 attacks- doesn’t make any sense.
Therefore, RP brought it up because he believes the US was wrong to enforce the blockade and no-fly zones, that it was an unjust action on the part of the US.
If:
- RP believes that US actions post-Gulf War were unjust,
- and those actions resulted in thousands of Iraqi deaths,
- and the 9/11 attacks were a response to that unjust action which caused thousands of Iraqi deaths…
…how can anyone say he is not justifying the 9/11 attacks and blaming the US?