Source: The Raw Story
House Rep. Ron Paul had some harsh words for his fellow Republican, former Vice President Dick Cheney, on CNN Monday night.
Responding to Cheney’s comments last week that “we are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe,” the noted Texas libertarian made it clear he wasn’t interested in hearing from the former VP.
“I think he had his eight years and he’s caused a lot of trouble for our country, and he perpetuated a war in Iraq that was unnecessary and wrong-headed. I would say it would be best he not be so critical right now,” Paul told CNN’s Larry King.
Paul went on to question the fundamental basis for the war on terror, now re-dubbed the war on al-Qaeda by the Obama administration.
“Fourteen or 15 of the [9/11] terrorists came from Saudi Arabia,” Paul said. “We didn’t attack Saudi Arabia, we attacked Iraq. It doesn’t make sense. … You don’t declare war against these countries and say we have to go in and start bombing Pakistan and bombing Afghanistan and bombing Yemen.”
