Children flying kites was a reason Osama bin Laden attacked America.
Richard de Couer Leon forcing Saladin into a peace treaty and allowing Christian pilgrims the right to travel unimpeded was a reason Osama bin Laden attacked America.
The difference is, from Dr. Paul's point of view, that US Foreign policy can be changed.
Bull, we can no more change past policy than we can change the history of the Crusades. And the Crusades are just as legitimate a reason in bin Laden’s mind as is the First Gulf War.
Ron Paul was blaming a rape victim for dressing “slutty”; he was blaming an abused woman for not listening to her husband; he was blaming a murder victim for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.