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2008 Ron Paul Chapter 21
Comments at Hearing Questions for the Witnesses, General David H. Petraeus, USA and The Honorable Ryan C. Crocker
“Report on Iraq to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs”
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
April 9, 2008
2008 Ron Paul 21:1
Mr. Chairman, I would
like to submit several questions to the panel. I know there will not be
enough
time to answer these, but I want to get them into the record.
2008 Ron Paul 21:2
Why should the American people continue to support a war that was justified by false
information, since Saddam Hussein never aggressed against the United States,
Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, and Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction?
2008 Ron Paul 21:3
It is said
that we
must continue the war because we have already sacrificed so much. But
what is
moral about demanding even more needless sacrifice of human lives
merely to save
face for the mistakes of invading and occupying
Iraq?
2008 Ron Paul 21:4
Doesn’t it
seem
awfully strange that the Iraqi government we support is an ally of the
Iranians
who are our declared enemies? Are we not now supporting the Iranians by
propping
up their allies in
Iraq? If (Iraqi Prime Minister) Maliki is our ally and he has
“diplomatic
relations” with (Iranian President) Ahmadinejad why can’t we? Why must
we
continue to provoke
Iran, just looking for an excuse to bomb that country? Does our
policy in
Iraq
not guarantee chaos for years to come?
2008 Ron Paul 21:5
It is estimated that
up to 2,000 Iraqi soldiers refused to fight against al-Sadr’s militia.
Why should we not expect many of the 80,000 Sunnis we have recently armed
to someday turn their weapons against us, since they as well as the Mahdi Army
detest any and all foreign occupation?
2008 Ron Paul 21:6
Is it not true that
our ally Malaki broke the ceasefire declared by al-Sadr by initiating
the recent violence? Is it not true that the current ceasefire was brokered by the
Iranians, who also condemned the attacks on the “Green Zone.” How can
we blame all the violence on the Iranians?
2008 Ron Paul 21:7
Is it not true that with the recent surge in violence in March, attacks are now back at the
same levels as they were in 2005?
2008 Ron Paul 21:8
Does Iran not have a greater justification to be
involved in neighboring Iraq than we do, since it is 6,000 from our shores? If
China and Russia were occupying Mexico how would we react?
2008 Ron Paul 21:9
Since no one can
define “winning the war,” just who do we expect to surrender? Does this
not mean that this war will be endless since the political leaders will not
end it – until we go broke, and maybe that’s not be so far off?
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