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Peter DeFazio

"Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war."

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Akshay Vasu

"Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped."

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Akshay Vasu

"This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear war, and humanity were wiped out, the Earth would breathe a sigh of relief."

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Akshay Vasu

"The only defensible war is a war of defense."

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Akshay Vasu

"War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it."

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Akshay Vasu

"It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq."

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Akshay Vasu

"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting."

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Akshay Vasu

"War is the most evil kind of human approach, unless it is for good cause."

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Akshay Vasu

"In a war, the first casualty is human dignity."

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Akshay Vasu

"The tank, the submarine, the torpedo, the machine-gun, even the rifle and the hand grenade are still in use."

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Akshay Vasu

"I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided."

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Peter DeFazio
"In recent years, breweries and brew pubs have flourished across the Nation. And, as the Representative from Oregon's fourth district, I have enjoyed seeing the diversity that craft brewery has fueled across the Nation."

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Peter DeFazio
"The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force."

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Peter DeFazio
"Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death."

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Peter DeFazio
"Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war."

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Peter DeFazio
"The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years."

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Peter DeFazio
"Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq."

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Peter DeFazio
"In addition to a timeline, I have proposed that U.S. troops be removed from front line combat positions in Iraqi cities and towns, turning over daily security patrols, interactions with citizens, and any offensive security actions to the Iraqis themselves."

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Peter DeFazio
"In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there."

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Peter DeFazio
"But they are not going to take on Big Oil because Big Oil is very generous at campaign time, and this is all about the elections. They want to pretend that they are doing something meaningful."

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Peter DeFazio
"A timeline for bringing U.S. troops home that is negotiated with the Iraqi government would also boost the Iraqi government's legitimacy and claim to self-rule, and force the Iraqi government to take responsibility for itself and its citizens."

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