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Pete Buttigieg: “US policy played a role, no question [in making people mad…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 43:53

You're saying that made someone so mad that they were willing to do that. I would say a lot of things made them so mad that they were willing to do that. But yeah, US policy played a role, no question [in making people mad enough to commit acts like 9/11]. And it's important because if you don't want to repeat those mistakes and be back in the same situation, you're likely to do something like perhaps invade Iraq, which will create the same kind of resentment that led to 9 11. (43:53–43:56)

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Asserts that U.S. policy contributed to the resentment that led to the 9/11 attacks.

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