Absolutely searing: (via Lying Media Bastards)
The notion that terrorist acts against the United States can be explained by envy and irrational hatred, and not by what the United States does in and to the world – i.e., US foreign policy – is alive and well. [The idea] that the rise of Anti-American terrorism owes nothing to American policies — in effect postulates an America that is always the aggrieved innocent in a treacherous world, a benign United States government peacefully going about its business but being “provoked” into taking extreme measures to defend its people, its freedom and democracy.
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