First, Ron Paul on Bill Maher’s show.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEkjPkXHSEw[/youtube]
While Maher deserves props for giving Paul a chance to make his case, he doesn’t seem to get Paul’s fundamental point. Yes, Bush’s response to 9/11 has been horrible, but the policies that led to 9/11 didn’t begin when Bush took office. As Paul notes, American meddling in the Middle East goes back decades – and Bill Clinton’s eight years of bombing and sanctioning Iraq probably motivated more anti-Americanism than anything George W. Bush did in his first eight months of office.
Clip two, from Penn & Teller’s Bullsh*t, features Jacob Hornberger, whose commentaries frequently appear on this site.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDYTizsjbKw[/youtube]
(Both clips courtesy of LRC blog.)
