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Congressman Jones is an outspoken critic of the undeclared wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most people already know that about him...

 Recently the Congressman gave an impassioned speech in the House of Representative regarding this situation in Afghanistan on June 6, 2012 – the anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, which we all need to hear. 

As a very powerful and influential member of  the House of Representatives, Congressman Walter Jones is privy to all kinds of secret reports, advice and council with some of the top ranking U.S. military commanders from the Pentagon and Department of Defense -  his remarks in regard to the war in Afghanistan are worth noting:

"Mr. Speaker, we are continuing to spend money that we do not have. Every day our debt goes up. Every day we borrow money from foreign governments, and yet we will not bring our troops home from Afghanistan. It's kind of ironic that the administration has signed a security agreement that will continue a financial relationship with Afghanistan after our troops come home in 2014. That relationship is for 12 years, has been projected that we will spend approximately $4 billion a month for those 12 years to pay for a corrupt leader and a corrupt government that will not survive. It does not matter how much money we spend. Afghanistan's history is that no nation has ever gone into Afghanistan and changed one thing. I do not understand why we in the House continue to find the money--of course it's borrowed money, by the way, probably from the Chinese--to send to Afghanistan. Yet we vote on programs to cut milk for children in the morning at school. We vote to cut programs for senior citizens to get a sandwich at the senior center, and yet we continue to fund a war that history has shown we will never win.”

The Congressman also read the names of nine servicemen killed in Afghanistan, as as sort of exclamation point that had people in the House pause for a moment:

Hospitalman Eric D. Warren
Private First Class Cale C. Miller
Corporal Keaton G. Coffey
Petty Officer First Class Ryan J. Wilson
Second Lieutenant Travis A. Morgado
Specialist Arronn D. Fields
Sergeant Michael J. Knapp
Sergeant Jabraun S. Knox
Specialist Samuel T. Watts.

The Congressman also mentioned a particular book:

"I have with me a book that if I could pay for every Member of Congress to have this book, and they would guarantee me that they would read this book, then I would buy it for them. Mr. Speaker, the title of this book is ``Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban.'' The Taliban, the Taliban, that's our enemy. Yet American dollars are going over, and many of those dollars end up in our enemy's hands to buy weapons and bullets to kill young Americans. I have read only 100 pages. I hope to finish this book next week when we are home; but I think if any taxpayer in this country would read this book, they would be up here protesting Washington sending money to Afghanistan. What is ironic, Mr. Speaker, is that the Taliban will eventually take over Afghanistan, no matter what we do. I hope that my friends on both sides of the aisle will support us from time to time as we have amendments to create a parameter for bringing our troops out because, quite frankly, I think we will be there probably until 2015 or 2016.”

With tears in his eyes Congressman Jones, who had the attention of everyone in the House at the time pleaded with Congress to do the right thing. He then prayed a simple but powerful prayer to God, which was actually recorded into the Congressional Record:

“Mr. Speaker, in closing, I ask God to please bless our men and women in uniform. I ask God to please bless the families of our men and women in uniform.”

 
See also video: Walter Jones Calls for U.S. to Exit Afghanistan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhPJvHSBiuk  ).

The Congressman also stated publically he was mislead on the war in Iraq and did not want to make the same mistake in Afghanistan.

It is known that the Congressman is receiving advice and council from many people inside the military including a well respected retired Marine Corp. General, a former commandant of the Marine Corps., who I have tried to interview unsuccessfully myself many times.

The Congresman will not publically identify this retired General for reasons which are unclear...out of respect for him, I won't also.

In a moving speech in February 2012 he spells out his opposition to American’s continued undeclared wars and admits his fault in being mislead and manipulated by members of the former Administration – see admission: Congressman Walter Jones' Speech at NC Peace Action Town Hall Meeting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j820qJXaKGI

Robert Tilford