Steve Osborn on War & Peace

Against the Iraq war from the beginning

Osborn said he was not in favor of the war in Iraq at the beginning and is even less supportive now. He claimed that military intelligence is being built around what President Bush wants.

The Libertarian candidate said he does not favor an immediate pu

Source: James Wensits in South Bend Tribune Jul 3, 2006

President authored tainted intelligence to send us to war

The executive branch unforgivably authored tainted intelligence in order to obtain our support for sending our children into harm's way, and our president has admitted both verbally and by his actions that he has no respect for our Constitution and laws passed by Congress. By their inaction, Congress rubber-stamps the deceit and almost totally cowers at standing up to the president, and has forgotten the meaning and responsibilities of `checks-and-balances.' Source: Candidacy Announcement speech Apr 29, 2006

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