Libertarians for Ron Paul

Libertarian Party reiterates its call for Iraq withdrawal

After Monday’s State of the Union address delivered by President George W. Bush, the Libertarian Party is renewing its call for a safe and timely troop withdrawal from Iraq.  “President Bush’s State of the Union address once again emphasized his desire to remain in Iraq without any finite objective or operational goal,” says William Redpath, chairman of the Libertarian Party.

“While we are pleased to see a decline in violence in Iraq, this should by no means become a mandate for sustaining our presence in the country,” says Redpath. “We were wrong for invading Iraq, and we as a country have paid for that mistake in dollars and blood.  Our obligation is not to Iraq, or any other nation in the world.  Our obligation is to our soldiers: to keep them as safe as possible and to use them only in the direct defense of our nation.  Each day we remain in Iraq is a rebuke of the promise we have made to the members of our Armed Forces.”

Full release: http://www.lp.org/media/article_563.shtml