Freedom fries to anti-interventionism.

PositionList - Walter Jones on the Afghan war - Brief article

In 2003 Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) rose to national prominence as a supporter of the Iraq war when he pushed the congressional cafeterias to dub fried potatoes freedom fries in retaliation for French opposition to the war. He now says the George W. Bush administration lied about the war, and he has become a staunch believer that Congress should reassert its war powers and curb interventionism. In October, Jones offered three reasons to end the war in Afghanistan.

1 It costs too much in blood, broken bodies, and broken minds. Soldiers who wouldn't have survived previous wars are coming home seriously injured. There is nothing more important than getting our troops out of Afghanistan. We're not accomplishing anything. I've written 8,884 letters to families and extended families who have lost loved...

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