In October 2001, following the World Trade Center attacks, New York mayor Rudy Giuliani turned down a $10 million donation from Prince Al-Waleed of Saudi Arabia for disaster relief after the prince suggested the United States "must address some of the issues that led to such a criminal attack," and "re-examine its policies in the Middle East." Giuliani interpreted his statements as drawing "a moral equivalency between liberal democracies like the United States and Israel, and terrorist states and those who condone terrorism." Giuliani refused the $10 million. What is your opinion of this refusal? Was Giuliani justified?

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