Your decade should read decades...plural..
Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as national security advisor under Carter, explained his rationale for US actions in Afghanistan during the late 1970's and 1980's: "What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?"
This quote comes from a 1998 interview, after a French journalist noted that Islamist movements were growing in strength. I doubt if Brzezinski would incredulously ask such questions today. The intention here is not to blame the United States for the actions of terrorists, as they still bear full responsibility for their ghastly crimes. But when our media and politicians ignore the connection between our past actions and current attacks against us, they are being extremely disingenuous.
My concern is his view that we brought upon ourselves, via policies in the ‘last decade’
Your decade should read decades...plural..
Ron Paul didn’t use the plural, so nope.
I understand what you are trying to say, however. It just doesn’t apply to what I’m saying related to Ron Paul’s now infamous comment in the debate a couple of months back.