Rudy re: 9/11: "if we had known about it ... maybe hitting a target there ... helped prevent it"

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/09/paul-giuliani-exchange-sharp-words-over-911/

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Giuliani took issue with Paul's contention that in "220 years" Americas has never been under imminent attack. Paul was responding to a question on whether the president needs Congress to approve a potential invasion of Iran.

"I don't know where he was on September 11," Giuliani said in response to Paul's comments.

"That was 19 thugs," Paul sharply fired back. "That had nothing to do with a country."

"Well, I think it was kind of organized in Afghanistan and Pakistan," Giuliani said. "And if we had known about it, maybe — maybe hitting a target there, quickly, might have helped prevent it."

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[aquart]

1. Uh, BushCo did know.

And since the 19 were already here, learning to fly, how would bombing a non-belligerent nation prevent anything?

We still let Saudis come and go as they please.