2009 Ron Paul 105:2
If the gentleman from California
didn’t like my analogy about how we
were maneuvered into war in World
War II, I think it might be much more
appropriate to compare it to the sanctions
on Iraq. There were those in the
1990s that wanted us to go to war with
Iraq. We were looking for an excuse,
and we put strong sanctions, continued
flying over their country and bombing.
Thousands, if not hundreds of thousands,
of kids died because of those
sanctions, and eventually they got
their war. We ended up in the war.
2009 Ron Paul 105:3
Anybody who believes that taking
gasoline away from the common person
in Iran is going to motivate them to
get rid of their Ayatollah – it’s the
Ayatollah that carries the power –
that’s not going to happen. It just does
exactly the opposite. So this is why I
believe this is a much greater threat to
our national security. It does not help
us. It doesn’t achieve the goals that are
set out.
2009 Ron Paul 105:4
For instance, we now commonly say
that the Iranians have no right to enrich.
Well, they signed a nonproliferation
treaty, and they have not ever
been told that they are making a
bomb. And what we are saying in this
bill is that they can’t enrich anymore.
So in a way, you’re violating international
law by saying they can’t enrich,
period. So that is just looking for
trouble.
2009 Ron Paul 105:6
It is going to push the support of the
Iranians in another direction. It’s
going to push them towards India,
China, and Russia, and these countries
have special associations with Iran. So
we are going to separate us. We will be
isolated from that, and they are going
to have a much closer alliance with
these countries. That will not serve our
interests.
2009 Ron Paul 105:7
It’s going to serve the interest of one
country mostly, and that’s China.
China acts only almost like capitalists.
They take our dollars they have earned
from us and they are spending the dollars
over there. They would like to buy
the oil, refine the oil, and drill the oil.
But here, we assume that we have to do
it through force, through sanctions,
threats, intimidation, and secret maneuvers
to overthrow their regime. It
just doesn’t work. It sounds good. It
sounds easy, but it does backfire on us.
You get too many unintended consequences.
2009 Ron Paul 105:8
And besides, our national security
does not depend on what we do in the
Middle East. Our national security is
threatened by this. We are overstretched.
We’re broke. And this is part
of the strategy, as I mentioned before.
Our archenemies in that region want to
bankrupt us. They want to stir up hatred
toward us, and they want to bog
us down. And they’re achieving what
their goals are.
