「伊拉克的職業開始了五年前今天，但少數意識到行軍到戰爭開始了十年前下面比爾・克林頓，當政權變動適合官員美國。 政策。 1998年，我在伊拉克解放行動的抗議採取對議院地板警告那， `我看這立法作為根本上是真正戰爭的聲明。 它給總統巨大力量追求戰爭努力反對一個宗主國家』。 我的警告當時主要駁回了，但五年後，我們是轟炸伊拉克。

「在五年職業以後，今天是一一味尋歡作樂為反射。 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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