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| ‘US govt equates American people to enemy when it hides troops’ whereabouts’ – Ron Paul | ‘US govt equates American people to enemy when it hides troops’ whereabouts’ – Ron Paul |
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| The Pentagon listing the location of some 44,000 military personnel as “unknown,” while citing secrecy reasons to protect them from the “enemy,” effectively means that the US public falls into that category, former US Congressman Ron Paul told RT. | The Pentagon listing the location of some 44,000 military personnel as “unknown,” while citing secrecy reasons to protect them from the “enemy,” effectively means that the US public falls into that category, former US Congressman Ron Paul told RT. |
| Lack of accountability on the whereabouts of the US troops was not very surprising, Paul believes, as it had become a “routine thing” over the past years. The situation, however, has alarmingly worsened during the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency. | Lack of accountability on the whereabouts of the US troops was not very surprising, Paul believes, as it had become a “routine thing” over the past years. The situation, however, has alarmingly worsened during the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency. |
| “The President had stated he wants to keep everything under his vest, because he doesn’t want people know, and he believes its proper policy,” Paul said. “The Constitution says he’s not allowed to send troops around the world without the people and the Congress knowing about it.” | “The President had stated he wants to keep everything under his vest, because he doesn’t want people know, and he believes its proper policy,” Paul said. “The Constitution says he’s not allowed to send troops around the world without the people and the Congress knowing about it.” |
| Apart from the Constitution, there’s the War Powers Resolution, adopted after the Vietnam War clearly states that the US government “must report where the troops are,” Paul added. Despite that, the locations of some 44,000 of troops were simply reported as “unknown.” | |
| “I have a suggestion for them, if they are interested in cleaning that mess, because it’s wrong. And that is that – bring the troops home. Than we can count them here at home. But it’s when they are in a 150 countries or more it gets very difficult,” Paul said. “Especially if they say this is secret, we can’t let the people know, we can’t let the enemy know where our troops are. So they put the American people in the category of the enemy, because we are not allowed to know.” | “I have a suggestion for them, if they are interested in cleaning that mess, because it’s wrong. And that is that – bring the troops home. Than we can count them here at home. But it’s when they are in a 150 countries or more it gets very difficult,” Paul said. “Especially if they say this is secret, we can’t let the people know, we can’t let the enemy know where our troops are. So they put the American people in the category of the enemy, because we are not allowed to know.” |