"In an exchange with Rep. Ron Paul, Al-Jaberi said that U.S. presence in Iraq is..."

Any way you can make a Youtube for the later parts? For example a little bit after that clip they say that many of the various militant groups exist primarily to repel the occupying army, and that the US military presence is actually serving their interests. This is of course exactly what Ron Paul has been saying since the start, but I'd like my family to see that clip too! :D

Keep up the good work. :o
 
TheTyke said:
Any way you can make a Youtube for the later parts? For example a little bit after that clip they say that many of the various militant groups exist primarily to repel the occupying army, and that the US military presence is actually serving their interests. This is of course exactly what Ron Paul has been saying since the start, but I'd like my family to see that clip too! :D

Keep up the good work. :o
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Video of Jeff Flake's questioning session where we hear the iraqi's opinion of timetables and the effect of troop levels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3eQVV...
 
Ron Paul opens a can of Whoop-ass [Iraq]

WOW! Is what first comes to mind...

Ron Paul Questions Iraq Lawmakers. <--- Part 2; where the action starts...

BUT if you have time; Watch the Opening Remarks Statement by Ron Paul first.
It is here: Part 1

Part of the Transcript: (Go watch it before you read; its way better)

Today, the House held a hearing featuring two members of the Iraqi Parliament in order to hear their assessment of the proposed “U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement“, an agreement proposed by the Bush administration permitting combat forces in Iraq for an unspecified period of time. Iraq is currently seeing “growing and widespread protests over the scope of the agreement”.

In the hearing, Iraqi parliamentarians Nadeem Al-Jaberi and Khalaf Al-Ulayyan expressed their support for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops. In an exchange with Congressman and Presidential Candidate Ron Paul, Al-Jaberi said that U.S. presence in Iraq is highly unpopular with the public, as roughly 70 percent of Iraqis favor a withdrawal:

PAUL: What percent of the Iraqi people would agree with us leaving under those circumstances?

AL-JABERI: I ask you to perhaps have a referendum, and that will tell you the truth.

PAUL: So you have no idea. You have no idea. Maybe only 5 percent would support us leaving. You have to have an idea.

AL-JABERI: Of course not. The majority of the people of Iraq are with the withdrawal. Perhaps even about 70 percent.

Given the Iraqis’ opposition to U.S. forces, Ron Paul asked how the public perceives the 104-acre, $700 million U.S. embassy in Baghdad, which consists of 27 buildings and 3,000 employees. Jaberi ripped its massive scale:

AL-JABERI: It is certainly larger than the diplomatic mission for which it has arrived for. … I mean why do we need 3,000 employees in an embassy in Iraq if we consider it as a diplomatic mission like any other diplomatic mission? From the principle of reciprocity, would it be appropriate for Iraqis to establish a 3,000 employee embassy in Washington? … It [the embassy] certainly would not be a very positive signal to the Iraqi people.

Al-Jaberi also criticized the enclosed nature of embassy activities, which sits in the heavily-fortified Green Zone: “And yes, there is some procrastination in its relationship with the society, because its relations are limited to the Green Zone.”

Spencer Ackerman notes that al-Ulayyan, when asked about the invasion of Iraq, remarked:

AL-ULAYYN: “I would prefer if it didn’t happen, because it led to the destruction of the country. The U.S. got rid of one person. It put in hundreds of persons that are worse than Saddam Hussein. Unfortunately, now Iran is going into Iraq, and this is under the umbrella of the United States.”
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4 Million + Refugees!

4 Million + Refugees!

Our Country Is Responsible For This! The land they used to own has been devastated by depleted uranium... Where are they going to go?


Wiki: Refugee

A refugee is a person who "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country" (according to all the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees).

Every person has the right to live free from persecution, or the fear of persecution, based on their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. Though every government is obligated to provide this right, many fail. Every year millions of people face persecution for traits they cannot control or exercising their religious or political beliefs. When governments fail to protect these rights, people have the right to move to a country that will protect them. This is the right to asylum. People who seek to exercise this right are called "asylum seekers" or, in some cases, "refugees." In 1951, the formal basis for exercising the right to asylum was established by an international treaty, the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

Countries signing that Convention have an obligation to provide asylum or refuge to people fleeing persecution.
 
AL-ULAYYN: “I would prefer if it didn’t happen, because it led to the destruction of the country. The U.S. got rid of one person. It put in hundreds of persons that are worse than Saddam Hussein."

How to make friends and influence people on the world stage...
 
acptulsa said:
AL-ULAYYN: “I would prefer if it didn’t happen, because it led to the destruction of the country. The U.S. got rid of one person. It put in hundreds of persons that are worse than Saddam Hussein."

How to make friends and influence people on the world stage...
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ftw.
 
You are kidding!! Evidently that commenter did not understand what Dr. Paul was trying to do with his questions. :)
 
I have finally produced something worthwhile for the Ron Paul online spammers to entertain themselves with. What an honor!

If anyone hasn't watched these yet, you have to, it is a great thing to show people who disagree on foreign policy.
 
it feels good to be right, but its hard to enjoy it when no one is listening and we now hear the "anti war" candidate talking about leveling Iran
 
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