Jeff Duncan: “much of this resolution is language that everyone supports, especially the praise for our troops. They do a great job…”

“much of this resolution is language that everyone supports, especially the praise for our troops. They do a great job everywhere they are sent, and it is certainly no criticism of them to criticize this war. In August of 2002, two months before Congress voted for the war in Iraq, Dick Armey, then our Republican Majority Leader, in a speech in Iowa, said: ``I don't believe America will justifiably make an unprovoked attack on another nation. It would not be consistent with what we have been as a Nation.'' Jack Kemp wrote before the war, ``What is the evidence that should cause us to fear Iraq more than Pakistan or Iran. Do we reserve the right to launch a preemptive war exclusively for ourselves or might other nations such as India, Pakistan or China be justified in taking similar action on the basis of fears of other nations?'' Mr. Kemp said, based on evidence that he had seen, there was not ``a compelling case for the invasion and occupation of Iraq.'' William F. Buckley wrote that if he had known in 2002 what he knew then in 2004, he would have been against the war.…”