Former Texas congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul, who is often accused of blaming America for terrorist attacks, said Wednesday he does not blame America--instead, he blames neoconservatives.
Reason magazine's Peter Suderman asked Paul, "You have been accused in the past of blaming America for violent acts, for terrorist acts. I want to know first how you respond to that charge."
Paul called that characterization "a fallacy and a misrepresentation of what I say."
"I don't blame America," Paul said. "I'm America, you're America. I don't blame you, I blame bad policy, I blame the interventionists, I blame the neoconservatives who preach this stuff, who believe in it like a religion, that they have to promote American goodness even if you have to bomb and kill people. So you blame policy. That is altogether different."