Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) voted for the Iraq war and was the Congressman who suggested changing the menus in the House cafeterias from "French fries" to "Freedom Fries" because of the French lack of support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He later changed his mind about the war and has now embraced the libertarianism of Ron Paul, which includes opposition to going to war without an act of Congress.
But he's gone further now, saying that Vice President Dick Cheney "will probably end up in hell for the Iraq war." This was in a keynote address to the Young Americans for Liberty conference in Raleigh, NC.
Not to be partisan about it, he also denounced the current drone policy as "absolutely unconstitutional." I'm not so sure about that myself. It hinges on whether we are actually in a declared war with a defined enemy, which would give the president the power to take them out.
Otherwise, I don't find a lot to disagree with him about on the subject of war. Some of the strongest opponents are converted supporters. Here's more that he said:
"I knew that [for] those who do not fight, like myself, it's easy to be macho man, and declare war, get that son of a bitch ... I am so fed up with people who do not understand the pain of war."Amen to that. But . . . a Republican denouncing Dick Cheney? Now that's refreshing.
Ralph
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