Ron Paul’s Critique of U.S. Foreign Policy Draws Debate Jeers

(CNSNews.com) – Judging from the jeers from a conservative audience, Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul may have crossed a line for many during Monday night’s CNN/Tea Party debate with his comments about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

Certainly he crossed a line for former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who accused Paul of saying that American actions “brought about the actions of 9/11.”

The Paul-Santorum clash over al-Qaeda and 9/11 echoed an earlier one, during the Aug. 11 GOP candidates’ debate in Ames, Iowa, when Paul said that it was understandable for Iran to want a nuclear weapon capability and accused Republican hawks of “war propaganda.”