Ron Paul claims he is anti-war, however..
- Ron Paul did not vote against the original Afghanistan AUMF
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll342.xml
- In 2007, the House voted 218 to 212 to Set Date for Iraq Pullout:
Ron Paul voted no. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll186.xml
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/washington/24cong.html
- In 2007, Ron Paul introduced the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007
Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007 - Authorizes and requests the President to issue letters of marque and reprisal to commission privately armed and equipped persons and entities to seize outside of the United States the person and property of Osama bin Laden, of any al Qaeda co-conspirator, and any conspirator with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda who are responsible for the air piratical aggressions against the United States on September 11, 2001, and for any planned similar acts or acts of war against the United States in the future.
States that no letter of marque and reprisal shall be issued without the posting of a security bond in such amount as the President determines sufficient to ensure the letter’s execution.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-110hr3216ih/pdf/BILLS-110hr3216ih.pdf
- When Ron Paul introduced it in 2001, it was “for the capture, alive or dead, of Osama bin Laden or any other al Qaeda conspirator”
September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001
(b) The President of the United States is authorized to place a money bounty, drawn in his discretion from the $40,000,000,000 appropriated on September 14, 2001, in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorists Attacks on the United States or from private sources, for the capture, alive or dead, of Osama bin Laden or any other al Qaeda conspirator responsible for the act of air piracy upon the United States on September 11, 2001, under the authority of any letter of marque or reprisal issued under this Act.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-107hr3076ih/pdf/BILLS-107hr3076ih.pdf
In conclusion, Ron Paul is full of it.
The End.
