Levin really goes after Ron Paul for his recent comments blaming America for 9/11, asking how in the world can anyone vote for someone who believes that the 9/11 attacks were our fault. Here’s his comments from four days ago in the Des Moines Register:
“I don’t see Islam as our enemy,” Paul said. “I see that motivation is occupation and those who hate us and would like to kill us, they are motivated by our invasion of their land, the support of their dictators that they hate.”
Regarding 9/11, Paul said that attacks against the U.S. from Middle Eastern groups at home and abroad can be traced to the foreign presence of U.S. troops, as well as America’s relationships with dictator regimes.
Paul referred to a military base in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, as a key motivator in the Sept. 11th attacks. Osama bin Laden viewed it as an American desecration of holy land.
“After 9/11, (people said) ‘Oh yeah, it’s those very bad people who hate us,’ but 15 of (the hijackers) came from Saudi Arabia,” said Paul. “One of the reasons they attacked us, is we propped up this Sharia government and the fundamentalists hated us for it.”
And here’s The Great One in great style:
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Also, what KenInMontana pointed about below in the comments, that Ron Paul voted against this amendment along with 77% of Democrats in the House (via WZ):
Florida Republican Congressman John Mica offered the following morally clear Amendment (5/25/2011-H.AMDT.318 (A018) Amends H.R.1540):
Amendment requires that the rules of engagement [ROE] allow any military service personnel assigned to duty in a designated hostile fire area to have rules of engagement that fully protect their right to proactively defend themselves from hostile actions.
Pardon the expression, but WTF? How does Ron Paul explain voting against an amendment that allows troops better ROEs for their own protection?
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