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06-08-2007, 12:38 PM
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: May 5, 1999
KOSOVO WAR IS ILLEGAL
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Northup). Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul) is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, it is time to stop the bombing. NATO's war against Serbia left the Congress and the American people in a quandary, and no wonder. The official excuse for NATO's bombing war is that Milosevic would not sign a treaty drawn up by NATO, which would have taken Kosovo away from the Serbs after the KLA demanded independence from Serbia.
This war is immoral because Serbia did not commit aggression against us. We were not attacked and there has been no threat to our national security. This war is illegal. It is undeclared. There has been no congressional authorization and no money has been appropriated for it. The war is pursued by the U.S. under NATO's terms, yet it is illegal even according to NATO's treaty as well as the U.N. charter. The internationalists do not even follow their own laws and do not care about the U.S. Constitution.
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec99/cr050599-5min.htm
Now here are my fav's ron paul quotes from his stand agaisnt the war,
Number eight. We are once again supporting Osama bin Laden and his friends in the KLA.
Number nine. We have bombed Bulgaria. By mistake, of course. Sorry.
Number ten. Our weapons are being depleted, our troops spread too thin, resulting in further undermining of our national defense.
Number eleven. Billions of dollars are thrown down a rat hole and Congress is about to vote for more.
Number twelve. The massive refugee problem, which is essentially a result of NATO's bombing, continues.
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Now what do you think of that?
Ron sure did a great stand against the war back then.
Should we do a project video of ron paul stand agaisnt the war in seriba of 1999?
and compare his stand then and now against the war in iraq?
KOSOVO WAR IS ILLEGAL
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Northup). Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul) is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, it is time to stop the bombing. NATO's war against Serbia left the Congress and the American people in a quandary, and no wonder. The official excuse for NATO's bombing war is that Milosevic would not sign a treaty drawn up by NATO, which would have taken Kosovo away from the Serbs after the KLA demanded independence from Serbia.
This war is immoral because Serbia did not commit aggression against us. We were not attacked and there has been no threat to our national security. This war is illegal. It is undeclared. There has been no congressional authorization and no money has been appropriated for it. The war is pursued by the U.S. under NATO's terms, yet it is illegal even according to NATO's treaty as well as the U.N. charter. The internationalists do not even follow their own laws and do not care about the U.S. Constitution.
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec99/cr050599-5min.htm
Now here are my fav's ron paul quotes from his stand agaisnt the war,
Number eight. We are once again supporting Osama bin Laden and his friends in the KLA.
Number nine. We have bombed Bulgaria. By mistake, of course. Sorry.
Number ten. Our weapons are being depleted, our troops spread too thin, resulting in further undermining of our national defense.
Number eleven. Billions of dollars are thrown down a rat hole and Congress is about to vote for more.
Number twelve. The massive refugee problem, which is essentially a result of NATO's bombing, continues.
---
Now what do you think of that?
Ron sure did a great stand against the war back then.
Should we do a project video of ron paul stand agaisnt the war in seriba of 1999?
and compare his stand then and now against the war in iraq?