Ron Paul: "Reckless and immoral" for US to intervene in Syria [View all]

[Nye Bevan]

As Congress prepares to vote on military action in Syria, former Texas Rep. Ron Paul said Sunday that it would be “reckless and immoral” for the United States to intervene in the country’s civil war.

“President Obama announced this weekend that he has decided to use military force against Syria and would seek authorization from Congress when it returned from its August break,” Paul wrote in a weekly column posted Sunday on the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity website. “Every Member ought to vote against this reckless and immoral use of the US military.”

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“I disagree with the idea that every conflict, every dictator, and every insurgency everywhere in the world is somehow critical to our national security,” Paul said. “That is the thinking of an empire, not a republic. It is the kind of thinking that this president shares with his predecessor and it is bankrupting us and destroying our liberties here at home.”

Paul acknowledged that “any chemical attack, particularly one that kills civilians, is horrible and horrendous,” saying that “all deaths in war and violence are terrible and should be condemned.” “But why are a few hundred killed by chemical attack any worse or more deserving of US bombs than the 100,000 already killed in the conflict?” Paul asked.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/01/ron-paul-reckless-and-immoral-for-u-s-to-intervene-in-syria/