I'm sure like the majority of Americans, I am waking up today - actually angry at Ron Paul's insuation that "we had it coming" on 9/11 because "we had been bombing Iraq for 10 years."
First off... the assertion is blatantly false. Our pilots were enforcing the global community's agreed upon "No Fly Zones" in the areas of Iraq where Saddam was likely to brutalize "his own people" had we not been there.
Secondly... Saddam was regularly firing at us. Not the entire Arab or Muslim world - one snotty nosed dictator. He no longer wanted to be under the agreement that resulted in the original cease-fire. He thought that by shooting our planes down his life would be better.
Thirdly... for Ron Paul - or any GOP candidate to invoke the "we were asking for it" trutherism is not just poor taste but truly an act of Anti-Americanism. Ron Paul is perfectly welcome to spend his money and run for office - but it does not mean that we have to pay one ounce of attention to him.
And we shouldn't...