Ron Paul bespreekt energieprijzen, oorlogszucht tegen Iran, en de oorlogsresolutie H.J. Res 362
U kunt vandaag niets verstandigers doen dan luisteren naar een van de zeer weinige verstandige politici in de Verenigde Staten, Ron Paul. Olieprijs, oorlogsdreiging tegen Iran, en het manipuleren van de democratische besluitvorming hangen onlosmakelijk samen.
Een stukje uit de toespraak:
… even though our own CIA’s National Intelligence Estimate has said that the Iranians have not been working on a nuclear weapon since 2003. H.J. Res 362 [listed as H. Con. Res 362 online] is a virtual war resolution (…) This demands that the President impose stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains and cargo entering or departing Iran, and prohibiting the international movement of all Iranian officials. This is unbelievable! This is closing down Iran. Where do we have this authority? Where do we get the moral authority? Where do we get the international legality for this? Where do we get the Constitutional authority for this?
This is what we did for ten years before we went into Iraq. We starved children—50,000 individuals it was admitted probably died because of the sanctions on the Iraqis.
— Republican, dr. Ron Paul, House of Representatives, June 28
Zie ook Information Clearinghouse voor meer over de oorlogsresolutie.
Stop de naderende oorlog tegen Iran.
