Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1
minute to the gentleman from Texas
(Mr. PAUL).
1999 Ron Paul 101:1 Mr. PAUL.
Mr. Speaker, I would like
to respond. To try to tie in World War
II is not quite fair. I think the gentleman
has to admit that we are not
talking about that. Besides, I am talking
as much about procedure as I am
talking about the policy itself.
1999 Ron Paul 101:2 In World War II there was a serious
problem around the world. It was
brought to this Congress. We voted on
a war resolution. We went to war. The
country was unified, and we won. That
is what I endorse, that procedure. What
I do not endorse is us getting involved
the back-door way; getting involved
carelessly and casually. Not realizing
what we are doing.
1999 Ron Paul 101:3 I come to the floor only to try to
warn my colleagues of what they are
voting on today; that this is not just a
simple humanitarian resolution. It is
the process I’m concerned about. If we
bring a war resolution to the floor and
say, look, we need to go to war to defend
the East Timorese, we can vote it
up and down and decide to go over and
settle it in 2 or 3 months. But we
should not do what we are doing now,
to endorse internationalism, or interventionism
that inevitably fails.
1999 Ron Paul 101:4 I think there is a better way to proceed,
and it is written in the Constitution.
