[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3173]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         IRAQ WAR IS AGAINST TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVE POSITION

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, William F. Buckley has often been described 
as the godfather of modern-day conservatism. In 2004, he wrote that if 
he had known in 2002 what he now knew, that he would have opposed the 
war in Iraq. Last June, he wrote that if we stayed much longer there, 
it would soon become misapplication of pride rather than steadfastness 
of purpose. Now, in one of his most recent columns, Mr. Buckley wrote 
that, ``One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. 
``
  Many conservatives said before this war started that it would mean 
massive foreign aid, huge deficit spending, and would place almost the 
entire burden of enforcing U.N. resolutions on our taxpayers and our 
military, when traditionally conservatives have been the biggest 
critics of the U.N.
  The so-called neo-con architects of this unnecessary war have led 
people down a primrose path in the opposite direction of and very much 
against every traditional conservative position.

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