“Pointing out that US interference into other nation’s affairs can motivate them to strike at the US is not the same as blaming us for the attack, it’s just stating fact.”
This is so true, it deserves being repeated. It’s amazing how many on the right can’t understand this.
I think most of them understand it just fine - it's just an excuse to attack Dr. Paul. If GW Bush had said the same thing, they'd have no problem with it.
It's kind of like when they attack Dr. Paul with the earmark thing... he forwards on requests from his constituents to get some of their tax dollars back from DC, and he's viciously attacked for it. If he refused to pass on those requests, he'd be attacked for that too ("old, crazy Run Paul - the people in the district he's supposed to represent just want back a few cents on the dollar of the taxes they pay, and he refuses to help them get it").