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On the recordNovember 1, 2007
This is war propaganda to give us -- get the American people behind the bombing of Iran, just like the war propaganda got us all worked up and thought we had to go get Saddam Hussein, which was absolutely unnecessary.
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Ron Paul

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Ron Paul criticizes the rhetoric surrounding military action against Iran, comparing it to the propaganda used before the Iraq War.

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