Patty Murray, a Washington State democrat, asked students at a Vancouver, WA high school to ponder why Osama bin Laden is so popular in third world countries.
"He's been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. We haven't done that," Murray said.
"How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?"
An expert on terrorism, who co-wrote a book profiling bin laden and al-Qaida, said Murray's comments, published yesterday in the newspaper The Columbian, were on the mark.
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U.S. SEN. PATTY MURRAY -- SENATOR ASKS STUDENTS TO PONDER
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