[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9998]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               INCONSISTENCY IN AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY

  (Mr. PAUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, the Congress has never earned high marks for 
consistency. We do spend many hours debating the minor differences in 
the management of many centralized programs that are generally 
unwarranted. But when it comes to foreign policy, I see both sides of 
the aisle are eagerly agreeing with the President that we must threaten 
force and use of force in Iraq.
  Yet, Mr. Speaker, there is no indication that this is a proper 
position. We have been told by the Ambassador to the United Nations 
that the reason we must threaten force in this area is that it is a 
direct threat to the security of the United Nations. Here all along I 
thought I was here in the Congress to protect the security of the 
United States.
  We are inconsistent because the majority of Americans want us out of 
Bosnia. Most Members of Congress argue and vote to get us out of 
Bosnia. There is no indication that we are going to get out of Bosnia. 
Yet, here we are, chanting away that we should use force and threaten 
force in Bosnia. We do not have that same policy with China.

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