You can't say it's because we put troops in Iraq, over the no-fly zone, because they tried to blow up that same building back in '93, before all these skirmishes over the no-fly zone. You can't say that particular argument.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Paul dismisses the argument that US troop presence caused a 1993 building bombing, saying that specific reasoning is invalid.
- In plain terms
- He rejects that causal link.
- What can you take from it?
- He challenges simplistic cause‑and‑effect claims.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What evidence is needed to prove causation?
- How do we avoid oversimplified narratives?
Another view
Historical events often have multiple contributing factors.
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