(C-SPAN) Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) made comments on Iraq during
a House floor speech on October 8, 2002.
Voted against the 2002 Iraq resolution.
Said there is "no convincing evidence that Iraq is capable of threatening
the security of this country." Stands against the preemptive strike.
In the Christian doctrine of Just War, the proper authority must be responsible
for initiating the war, that proper authority cannot be transferred to
the President nor to the United Nations. Going to war through the back
door (the UN).
There's no act of agression. Iraq, an impoverish, 3rd world nation. Congress
must assume responsibility for the declaration of war.
Ron Paul
Voted against the 2002 Iraq resolution. Said there is "no convincing
evidence that Iraq is capable of threatening the security of this country."
Mitt Romney
Supported Bush's decision to go to war but has said that the postinvasion
period was "mismanaged."
Rudy Guiliani
Supported the invasion then, supports it now.
John McCain
Strongly supported the war from the beginning. Voted for and co-sponsored
the 2002 resolution.
Fred Thompson
Voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq in October 2002.
Hillary Clinton
Voted to authorize the war, urging Bush to use this "awesome responsibility"
only "as a last resort."
Barak Obama
Opposed the war from the start. "Saddam poses no imminent and direct
threat to the United States, or to his neighbors," he said in 2002.
John Edwards
Voted to authorize the war in 2002, declaring that the United States must
"eliminate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction."
Joe Biden
Voted to authorize the war in 2002.
Nancy Pelosi
Voted against the 2002 joint Iraq resolution. Warned that using force
without first exhausting diplomatic methods "will be harmful to our
war on terrorism."
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