If you really got that from what Paul SAID, then you are reading into his statements.
Listen to what he said. Don’t assign implications or other meanings to it.
He’s telling us why something happened. He is not maintaining that we deserved or earned it.
I’m not “reading into” anything. His statement at the debate is nothing new or earth shattering for him. He has been taking this approach since shortly after 9/11. He isn’t merely telling us why he thinks 9/11 happened -— he is telling us to acquiesce based on that “why”.