[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 11 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  IRAQ

  (Mr. PAUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, the morning papers today recorded that Russia 
was providing weapons technology to Iraq. We have known for years that 
China has done the same thing. Does this mean that we must attack them 
as well as Iraq?
  Instead, though, we give foreign aid to both China and to Russia, so 
indirectly we are subsidizing the very weapons that we are trying to 
eliminate.
  I would like to remind my colleagues that bombing a country, 
especially one halfway around the world that is not a direct threat to 
our security, is not a moral act. A moral war is one that is defensive 
and a legal war is one that is declared by Congress. We should only 
pursue an act of war when our national security is threatened.
  Bombing will solve nothing. It will open up a can of worms. We should 
not condone it. We should not endorse it. We should not encourage it.
  Please think carefully before we permit our President to pursue this 
war adventure.

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