Dripping Rain
04-15-2009, 08:54 AM
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It seems like only yesterday when Ron Paul was nearly guillotined on live television for suggesting that 9/11 was caused by this thing called "blowback." It was 2007, and the Republicans were jockeying for the position of frontrunner during the national debate season. Rudy "9/11" Guliani, never one to pass up reminding everyone of a national tragedy so we'll forget what a horrible, little human being he really is, lept for Paul's jugular.
Salivating, Rudy made a series of unchallenging commonplace remarks: "That's really an extraordinary statement, as someone who lived through the attacks of September 11th..." (Pause for awed silence...two...three...four) "..that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq."
Of course, Paul was right. The attacks on September 11, 2001 were carried out by a group of 19 hijackers (15 of whom were Saudi Arabian), and Al-Qaeda clearly cited their principal grievances as:
1. America's unwavering support of Israel.
2. America's military presence in the Middle East, particularly near holy landmarks.
Instead of learning a valuable lesson from 9/11, America (led by its mainstream media, political hawks, and overinflated military) seems hellbent on inviting more cases of blowback. As Paul mentioned way back in 2007, America has built an embassy in Iraq that is bigger than the Vatican. But that probably won't pissed anyone off. ...Right?
Now, certain hawks, led by the ever vivacious John Bolton, are discussing a ground invasion into Somalia as retaliation for the kidnapping of Richard Phillips. Bolton wants to do this with - I shit you not - "a coalition of the willing."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-kilkenny/blowback-amnesia_b_187064.html
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It seems like only yesterday when Ron Paul was nearly guillotined on live television for suggesting that 9/11 was caused by this thing called "blowback." It was 2007, and the Republicans were jockeying for the position of frontrunner during the national debate season. Rudy "9/11" Guliani, never one to pass up reminding everyone of a national tragedy so we'll forget what a horrible, little human being he really is, lept for Paul's jugular.
Salivating, Rudy made a series of unchallenging commonplace remarks: "That's really an extraordinary statement, as someone who lived through the attacks of September 11th..." (Pause for awed silence...two...three...four) "..that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq."
Of course, Paul was right. The attacks on September 11, 2001 were carried out by a group of 19 hijackers (15 of whom were Saudi Arabian), and Al-Qaeda clearly cited their principal grievances as:
1. America's unwavering support of Israel.
2. America's military presence in the Middle East, particularly near holy landmarks.
Instead of learning a valuable lesson from 9/11, America (led by its mainstream media, political hawks, and overinflated military) seems hellbent on inviting more cases of blowback. As Paul mentioned way back in 2007, America has built an embassy in Iraq that is bigger than the Vatican. But that probably won't pissed anyone off. ...Right?
Now, certain hawks, led by the ever vivacious John Bolton, are discussing a ground invasion into Somalia as retaliation for the kidnapping of Richard Phillips. Bolton wants to do this with - I shit you not - "a coalition of the willing."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-kilkenny/blowback-amnesia_b_187064.html