CA Demos Including Pelosi, Maxine Waters Vote For War Esalation Bill That Funds Israel

CA Demos Including Pelosi, Maxine Waters Vote For War Esalation Bill That Funds Further Israel Militarization Paid For By US Taxpayers
It Will Lead To War
By Ron Paul
May 9, 2012
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31301.htm

Statement on H.R.4133 United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012, May 9, 2012

Mr. Speaker: I rise in opposition to HR 4133, the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, which unfortunately is another piece of one-sided and counter-productive foreign policy legislation. This bill's real intent seems to be more saber-rattling against Iran and Syria, and it undermines US diplomatic efforts by making clear that the US is not an honest broker seeking peace for the Middle East.

The bill calls for the United States to significantly increase our provision of sophisticated weaponry to Israel, and states that it is to be US policy to "help Israel preserve its qualitative military edge" in the region.

While I absolutely believe that Israel and any other nation -- should be free to determine for itself what is necessary for its national security, I do not believe that those decisions should be underwritten by US taxpayers and backed up by the US military.

This bill states that it is the policy of the United States to "reaffirm the enduring commitment of the United States to the security of the State of Israel as a Jewish state." However, according to our Constitution the policy of the United States government should be to protect the security of the United States, not to guarantee the religious, ethnic, or cultural composition of a foreign country. In fact, our own Constitution prohibits the establishment of any particular religion in the US.

More than 20 years after the reason for NATO's existence the Warsaw Pact has disappeared, this legislation seeks to find a new mission for that anachronistic alliance: the defense of Israel. Calling for "an expanded role for Israel within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), including an enhanced presence at NATO headquarters and exercises," it reads like a dream for interventionists and the military industrial complex. As I have said many times, NATO should be disbanded not expanded.

This bill will not help the United States, it will not help Israel, and it will not help the Middle East. It will implicitly authorize much more US interventionism in the region at a time when we cannot afford the foreign commitments we already have. It more likely will lead to war against Syria, Iran, or both. I urge my colleagues to vote against this bill.
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Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from Texas.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr4133

California
YEA D Thompson, Michael “Mike” CA 1st
YEA R Herger, Walter “Wally” CA 2nd
YEA R Lungren, Daniel CA 3rd
YEA R McClintock, Tom CA 4th
YEA D Matsui, Doris CA 5th
PRESENT D Woolsey, Lynn CA 6th
YEA D Miller, George CA 7th
YEA D Pelosi, Nancy CA 8th
PRESENT D Lee, Barbara CA 9th
NO VOTE D Garamendi, John CA 10th
YEA D McNerney, Jerry CA 11th
YEA D Speier, Jackie CA 12th
PRESENT D Stark, Fortney “Pete” CA 13th
NO VOTE D Eshoo, Anna CA 14th
YEA D Honda, Michael “Mike” CA 15th
YEA D Lofgren, Zoe CA 16th
YEA D Farr, Sam CA 17th
YEA D Cardoza, Dennis CA 18th
YEA R Denham, Jeff CA 19th
YEA D Costa, Jim CA 20th
YEA R Nunes, Devin CA 21st
YEA R McCarthy, Kevin CA 22nd
YEA D Capps, Lois CA 23rd
YEA R Gallegly, Elton CA 24th
YEA R McKeon, Howard “Buck” CA 25th
YEA R Dreier, David CA 26th
YEA D Sherman, Brad CA 27th
YEA D Berman, Howard CA 28th
YEA D Schiff, Adam CA 29th
YEA D Waxman, Henry CA 30th
YEA D Becerra, Xavier CA 31st
YEA D Chu, Judy CA 32nd
YEA D Bass, Karen CA 33rd
YEA D Roybal-Allard, Lucille CA 34th
YEA D Waters, Maxine CA 35th
YEA D Hahn, Janice CA 36th
YEA D Richardson, Laura CA 37th
YEA D Napolitano, Grace CA 38th
YEA D Sánchez, Linda CA 39th
YEA R Royce, Edward “Ed” CA 40th
YEA R Lewis, Jerry CA 41st
YEA R Miller, Gary CA 42nd
YEA D Baca, Joe CA 43rd
YEA R Calvert, Ken CA 44th
YEA R Bono Mack, Mary CA 45th
YEA R Rohrabacher, Dana CA 46th
YEA D Sanchez, Loretta CA 47th
YEA R Campbell, John CA 48th
YEA R Issa, Darrell CA 49th
YEA R Bilbray, Brian CA 50th
NO VOTE D Filner, Bob CA 51st
YEA R Hunter, Duncan CA 52nd
YEA D Davis, Susan CA 53rd