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Ron Paul op de Verjaardag van de Oorlog op Irak
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Het „beroep van Irak begon vijf jaar geleden vandaag, maar weinigen realiseren dat maart aan oorlog tien jaar geleden onderBill Clinton begon, toen de regimeverandering de officiële V.S. werd. beleid. In 1998, nam ik aan de vloer van het Huis in protest van het Iraakse Akte van de Bevrijding om ervoor te waarschuwen dat, `zie ik deze wetgeving zoals zijnd hoofdzakelijk een oorlogsverklaring virtuele. Het geeft de enorme bevoegdheden van de Voorzitter om oorlogsinspanningen tegen een soevereine Natie na te streven.' Mijn waarschuwingen werden grotendeels verworpen tegelijkertijd, maar vijf later jaar, bombardeerden wij Irak.
„Na vijf jaar van beroep, vandaag is een goede tijd voor bezinning. The cost to America has been great: 4,000 soldiers are dead, 30,000 have been severely wounded, and over 100,000 have applied for disability. In addition, the war has put a tremendous strain on our economy. As we spiral toward recession and experience an assault on our dollar, we spend $12 billion per month financing our Iraqi operations. The war has cost us nearly $1 trillion dollars, or over $3,300 per American man, woman, and child.
“In a recent presidential debate, I was asked whether the war was ‘worth it.’ I said, and still say, ‘absolutely not.’ In addition to the tremendous costs to America, the war has been helpful to our enemies. The war has strengthened Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, and Iran. And yet the other presidential candidates want to keep troops there for at least five more years. One even says we should keep American troops in Iraq for 100 years.
“As I have repeatedly said when discussing United States policy in Iraq, when you find yourself going the wrong way down a one-way street, you need to look for the nearest off-ramp. The only solution to the mess in Iraq is to promptly bring our troops home. Our bad policy spans at least ten years and two presidents and has had severe costs in lives and economic consequences. Continuing down the same road will solve nothing and compound our already substantial problems.”
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Marian Colborn
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Anything on or about Ron Paul is A Good thing. The More the Better. He seems to be a Very Open & Honest Man. I believe He truely Cares about America, and it’s People. He Has My Support & Vote All the way. May God help and Bless Ron In His Effort to Save Us and America. :)