Ron Paul on Afghanistan (05/21/2002)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8D4jc5GQZE
http://www.youtube.com/user/RonPaulClassics#p/u/29/Q8D4jc5GQZE

@ 2:28
Earlier the gentleman from California, Mr. Rohrabacher, came up with an astounding reason for us to do this. He said that we owe this to Afghanistan. Now, I have heard all kinds of arguments for foreign aid and foreign intervention, but the fact that we owe this to Afghanistan? Do we know what we owe? We owe responsibility to the American taxpayer. We owe responsibility to the security of this country.

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@ 5:30, I paraphrase:
"If we can spend money teaching Afghanis not to use drugs, perhaps we can spend money here at home to teach our people not to use drugs."

Oh right, we've been trying to do that for decades and it hasn't worked. In fact, it has become worse. "But maybe it'll work in Afghanistan if just throw money at it." As somebody who partakes in the past-time of being sarcastic from time to time, I say Ron Paul's sarcasm is to be admired.