Blaming Americans For 9/11
In the last Republican presidential debate Texas Rep. Ron Paul argued that terrorists who attack America are motivated, in part, by America's Middle East policies:
"They attack us because we've been over there. We've been bombing Iraq for 10 years. ... We've been in the Middle East," Paul said in explaining his opposition to going to war in Iraq.Paul's comments have drawn scorn from the right-wing noise machine and some GOP leaders are trying to ban him from future debates.
Meanwhile, in her tribute to Jerry Falwell, Ann Coulter writes this:
Let me be the first to say: I ALWAYS agreed with the Rev. Falwell.When will the right wing outrage machine go after Ann Coulter because she blames Americans for 9/11? I'm not holding my breath.Actually, there was one small item I think Falwell got wrong regarding his statement after 9/11 that "the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians -- who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle -- the ACLU, People for the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.'"
First of all, I disagreed with that statement because Falwell neglected to specifically include Teddy Kennedy and "the Reverend" Barry Lynn.
Second, Falwell later stressed that he blamed the terrorists most of all, but I think that clarification was unnecessary. The necessary clarification was to note that God was at least protecting America enough not to allow the terrorists to strike when a Democrat was in the White House.
