If you watched the GOP debate on May 5th then you’d know my candidate Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani got into a “micro-debate” about American foreign policy. If you saw it but don’t remember, let me refresh your memory with a partial transcript:

PAUL: No, non-intervention was a major contributing factor. Have you ever read about the reasons they attacked us? They attack us because we’ve been over there. We’ve been bombing Iraq for ten years. We’ve been in the Middle East [for years]. I think [Ronald] Reagan was right. We don’t understand the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics. Right now, we’re building an embassy in Iraq that is bigger than the Vatican. We’re building 14 permanent bases. What would we say here if China was doing this in our country or in the Gulf of Mexico? We would be objecting.

MODERATOR: Are you suggesting we invited the 9/11 Attacks, sir? (more…)