"Has Giuliani lived in such a bubble since Sept. 11 that he never heard such explanations of the attacks before? If so, then why did it not strike him as disturbingly accurate that bombing nations for years without interruption would make those with close ties and sympathies to victims of such bombings hate America and its government? If he has heard such charges before, then he was lying when he said, "I don't think I have ever heard that before," just so he could posture himself as stunned at the allegation and respond as if he won't have a chance to offer a coherent, thoughtful response to Paul at some future date, either on TV, radio, or in print. Surely, someone running for president ought to be capable of that.
What was so extraordinary about this? Was it that Giuliani is an American, and by virtue of his status as such and living within its borders, the American government's foreign policy is incapable of rendering foreigners angry at us? Why? Does bombing in the name of American interests, strength, democracy, or whatever the current slogan is, render foreigners immune from hating America ? If so, Giuliani's angry response is perfectly understandable, and Paul is mistaken. America can have a policy of "bombs away" so long as this is the case. Then again, if things ever got to this point, we could assume away all the sad facts such as laws of economics and ethics which restrict what we're capable of bringing about through means such as bombing and putting up navies to keep food and medicine out of Iraq , killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. As it is, nothing but death and destruction are possible." http://www.strike-the-root.com/71/mike/mike13.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
