What the media is saying about the G.O.P. debate number 2

Hannity and Colmes. Colmes came out and called Laura Ingram out on ron paul, he defended Paul and everyone continues to claim that Paul is saying that "it is our fault" Again NO. he said that our policy contributed to it

So I am watching all the networks today and i stumbled onto foxNews at 6:45 PM eastern and saw the guliani responce to ron paul.
"Right now, we're building an embassy in Iraq that is bigger than the Vatican. We're building 14 permanent bases. What would we say here if China was doing this in our country or in the Gulf of Mexico? We would be objecting," Paul said in explaining his opposition to going to war in Iraq.

"They are delighted that we're over there because Usama bin Laden has said, 'I'm glad you're over on our sand because we can target you so much easier.' They have already now since that time they've killed 3,400 of our men and I don't think it was necessary," he continued.Paul was dead on with his assessment here. If we were not meddling in other countries affairs we would not have the animosity towards americans that we have now.

Giuliani than followed with

"That's really an extraordinary statement," Giuliani said, interrupting FOX News panelist Wendell Goler. "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."


Giuliani was caught lying here, as shown in the 9/11 commission report, he has in fact heard this statement in the past. Paul did not back down, and for good reason.

Unlike Giuliani, the congressman from Texas has actually read the record. The 9-11 Commission report detailed how bin Laden had, in 1996, issued "his self-styled fatwa calling on Muslims to drive American soldiers out of Saudi Arabia" and identified that declaration and another in 1998 as part of "a long series" of statements objecting to U.S. military interventions in his native Saudi Arabia in particular and the Middle East in general. Statements from bin Laden and those associated with him prior to 9-11 consistently expressed anger with the U.S. military presence on the Arabian Peninsula, U.S. aggression against the Iraqi people and U.S. support of Isrial. The 9-11 Commission based its assessments on testimony from experts on terrorism and the Middle East.


"The 9-11 Commission based its assessments on testimony from experts on terrorism and the Middle East. Asked about the motivations of the terrorists, FBI Special Agent James Fitzgerald told the commission: "I believe they feel a sense of outrage against the United States. They identify with the Palestinian problem, they identify with people who oppose repressive regimes, and I believe they tend to focus their anger on the United States."



As you can see Paul is the only candidate who knows what he is talking about. The others are just pandering.