1. True, but irrelevant.
2. True, but entirely misses the point, unless Ron Paul thinks we should absorb a new attack with many more dead, before acting.
3. False. Even the erratic Scott Ritter has said that Iraq already has WMD, now, just not the nuclear one.
4. True, but irrelevant. Any Member of Congress who wants to leave the safety of Americans in the hands of a UN group should resign from Congress today.
5. False. Ron Paul has not been following the news of late.
6. True, but irrelevant. The operative word is "confirmed." It will be "confirmed" that Iraw has a nuclear bomb when a smuggled one takes an American city off the map with millions dead. Does Ron Paul insist that we wait for that?
7. The CIA is "not sure." Prague is "sure." But the case does NOT depend on a single meeting, but on 20 years of Hussein's history of murder by various means.
8. False. Territorial control in Iraq is "fluid" at distance from Baghdad. It is "solid" and deadly, at the center.
9. Not necessarily true, and irrelevant in any case. If Ron Paul knows exactly where the "vast majority of Al Qaeda" have gone, he should inform the Department of Defense of his new-found wisdom. Besides, Pakistan is "next door." Iraq is not.
10. Both false, and moronic. Afghanistan is no "peaceful paradise," but it is light-years ahead of what it was.
11. Dumb question. Our tactics are not either/or. They are both/and.
12. Does Ron Paul actually give a damn what the US reputation is in the Arab world, other than that it is not a good idea to mess with the US of A?
13. Apparently Ron Paul has not cracked a history book. Hitler at one time was in charge of only a couuple dozen losers in a Bavarian beer hall. Wouldn't the world have been a lot better if he'd been stopped then?
14. Incredibly stupid question. See the answer to 33, below.
15. Stupid question. Iran had no quarrel with the Kurds who were gassed to death. They opposed Hussein, which made them useful to Iran. Ron Paul hasn't been doing his homework.
16. False. Not doing his homework again.
17. Another stupid question. Iraq has the same ability to attack the US now that Al Qaeda had on 11 September, 2001.
18. Wars are properly fought to defend lives. How much are American lives worth to Ron Paul? And, we did not have to occupy either Japan or Germany for 30 years after WW II.
19. So what? If American lives are at risk, violation of UN resolutions is the least of the problem.
20. Apparently Ron Paul has not read the declaration of war that Congress passed in 1991 for the Gulf War. See also the answer to 33.
21. False. The "no-fly" zones were part of the truce which ended the UN-approved Gulf War.
22. Again, rotten homework by Ron Paul. Article V of the UN Charter guarantees to every nation the "right of self-defense."
23. Some dictators are threatening the US with WMD. That makes THEM more dangerous than the others.
24. In the Iran-Iraq War, we "tilted" toward the then-perceived lesser of two evils. That decision was as logical, and as sleazy, as our acceptance of Joe Stalin as an ally in WW II.
25. False.
26. False.
27. Irrelevant.
28. False.
29. Saving American lives.
30. This is self-defense. And in any event, the Constitution does not limit the reasons why Congress chooses to declare war.
31. The ONLY legitimate purpose of warfare is regime change. We did not fight Hitler just to get him to withdraw from Poland.
32. If BOTH nations are civilized, then yes. If one nation is barbarian, then irrelevant.
33. Dead wrong. Congress declared war in 1991, and again in 2001. Ron Paul voted for Senate Joint Resolution 23, which declared war, on 18 September, 2001. If he didn't READ it then, he should read it now, and shut his mouth with his ignorant questions until he has done so.
34. Yes. So?
35. See answer 33. Not only was the declaration brought to the floor, but Ron Paul voted for it. For the precise text that Congressman Paul voted for, click the second link below. Had he voted no, that would have doubled the nay votes to two.
Glad I could be of service, since obviously neither Rep. Paul nor his staff have done their staff work.
Congressman Billybob
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We MUST invade Iraq. Then, by the same unassailable logic, we must invade Syria. Then Somalia. Then Sudan. Then the Phillipines. Then Indonesia. Then Colombia. Then Iran. Then North Korea. Then Red China. Then Libya. Then Cuba. Then Saudi Arabia. Then Georgia. Then Yemen. Then Egypt.
And shoot, when we run out of money, we'll just print more!
Thanks, Congressman Billybob!
That's an axiom I have never before heard. Not many people in history seem to agree with it.