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"Terrorism is a tactic. You can't have a war against a tactic. It's deliberately vague and non-definable in order to permit perpetual war anywhere and under any circumstances. Don't forget, the Iraqis and Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with any terrorist attack against us, including that on 9/11. Special interests and the demented philosophy of conquest have driven most wars throughout all of history. Rarely has the cause of liberty (as in our own revolution) been the driving force. In recent decades our policies have been driven by Neo-Conservative Empire Radicalism, profiteering in the military-industrial complex, misplaced do-good internationalism, mercantilistic notions of the need to control natural resources, and blind loyalty to various governments in the Middle East.
For all the misinformation given the American people to justify our invasion, such as our need for national security, enforcing U.N. resolutions, removing a dictator, establishing a democracy, protecting our oil... the argument has been reduced to this: 'if we leave now, Iraq will be left in a mess.' Implying the implausible, that if we stay, it wont be a mess. Since it could go badly when we leave, that blame must be placed on those who took us there, not on those of us who insist that Americans no longer need be killed or maimed, and that Americans no longer need to kill any more Iraqis. We've had enough of both." - Ron Paul
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
For all the misinformation given the American people to justify our invasion, such as our need for national security, enforcing U.N. resolutions, removing a dictator, establishing a democracy, protecting our oil... the argument has been reduced to this: 'if we leave now, Iraq will be left in a mess.' Implying the implausible, that if we stay, it wont be a mess. Since it could go badly when we leave, that blame must be placed on those who took us there, not on those of us who insist that Americans no longer need be killed or maimed, and that Americans no longer need to kill any more Iraqis. We've had enough of both." - Ron Paul
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/