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US HR 2194 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions:
An Act of War
By Congressman Ron Paul
Al-Jazeerah, ccun.org, May 10, 2010
Speaker Transcript
An Act Of War
Statement of Congressman Ron Paul - United States House of Representatives
Statement on Motion to Instruct Conferees on HR 2194, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act - April 22, 2010
April 23, 2010 "United States House of Representatives" --
Mr. Speaker I rise in opposition to this motion to instruct House
conferees on HR 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and
Divestment Act, and I rise in strong opposition again to the underlying bill
and to its Senate version as well. I object to this entire push for war on
Iran, however it is disguised. Listening to the debate on the Floor on this
motion and the underlying bill it feels as if we are back in 2002 all over
again: the same falsehoods and distortions used to push the United States
into a disastrous and unnecessary one trillion dollar war on Iraq are being
trotted out again to lead us to what will likely be an even more disastrous
and costly war on Iran. The parallels are astonishing.
We hear war
advocates today on the Floor scare-mongering about reports that in one year
Iran will have missiles that can hit the United States. Where have we heard
this bombast before? Anyone remember the claims that Iraqi drones were going
to fly over the United States and attack us? These “drones” ended up being
pure propaganda – the UN chief weapons inspector concluded in 2004 that
there was no evidence that Saddam Hussein had ever developed un-piloted
drones for use on enemy targets. Of course by then the propagandists had
gotten their war so the truth did not matter much.
We hear war
advocates on the floor today arguing that we cannot afford to sit around and
wait for Iran to detonate a nuclear weapon. Where have we heard this before?
Anyone remember then-Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s oft-repeated quip
about Iraq: that we cannot wait for the smoking gun to appear as a mushroom
cloud.
We need to see all this for what it is: Propaganda to speed us
to war against Iran for the benefit of special interests.
Let us
remember a few important things. Iran , a signatory of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty, has never been found in violation of that treaty.
Iran is not capable of enriching uranium to the necessary level to
manufacture nuclear weapons. According to the entire US Intelligence
Community, Iran is not currently working on a nuclear weapons program. These
are facts, and to point them out does not make one a supporter or fan of the
Iranian regime. Those pushing war on Iran will ignore or distort these facts
to serve their agenda, though, so it is important and necessary to point
them out.
Some of my well-intentioned colleagues may be tempted to
vote for sanctions on Iran because they view this as a way to avoid war on
Iran. I will ask them whether the sanctions on Iraq satisfied those pushing
for war at that time. Or whether the application of ever-stronger sanctions
in fact helped war advocates make their case for war on Iraq: as each round
of new sanctions failed to “work” – to change the regime – war became the
only remaining regime-change option.
This legislation, whether the
House or Senate version, will lead us to war on Iran. The sanctions in this
bill, and the blockade of Iran necessary to fully enforce them, are in
themselves acts of war according to international law. A vote for sanctions
on Iran is a vote for war against Iran. I urge my colleagues in the
strongest terms to turn back from this unnecessary and counterproductive
march to war.
Joe Biden says I am a Zionist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ZIJdN05QE&feature=related
Ron Paul's Video -
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=6QNx-QQ9knc&feature=player_ embedded
Helen Thomas Asks Obama about Israel's nuclear weapons and America's
one-sided policy:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=s3Oz8M_ FnV4&feature=player_ embedded!
Hillary Clinton announcing sanctions on Iran, pledging allegiance to Israel
before AIPAC:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qSYjzyrs8sw&NR=1
Fox News Zionist pundits inciting against Iran, advocating Israeli
policies:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=mXJnsI2tH2c&NR=1
Norman Finkelstein on the holocaust industry:
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=ABPAa0PbXIw&feature=related
Alan Sabrosky 100% Sure Israel Zionist did 9/11 - Part 6 - Director of US
Military War College
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=Brg0RI1rOJA&feature=related
US Intellegence Agencies confirm Israel Mossad did 911 - Part 1
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=sNUKdUyrGPQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=gXCa6S09Ycs&feature=related
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