WOLF BLITZER, CNN: Congressman Paul, first to you. You are totally — correct me if I’m wrong — totally opposed to any U.S. military force in Syria right now despite all of that evidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its own people, is that right?

RON PAUL: Yes, but I don’t accept your statement because I think that a lot of people question some of that evidence. But I don’t — that is beside the point because of the policy that I advocate is a noninterventionist foreign policy. I don’t believe it’s in our interest. I don’t believe it’s our national (INAUDIBLE) best interest to be involved. I don’t think it’s legal under national law or international law. I think just killing more people because he has killed some people, if that is the case, doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

So a noninterventionist doesn’t pretend that they are all wise, that they can go into a country that has been in civil war, where there’s several different factions fighting and killing each other. There’s Christians getting killed by rebels and the Assad regime being blamed for doing this and that. I don’t believe it’s capable, morally, nor are we able to go in and say, we know who the good guys are. We know there’s three different groups on the rebels, but we know that we won’t give any help to the al Qaeda, we just have to punish Assad.

It’s a civil war and there’s no way you’re going to figure it out. I smell Iraq all over again. I remember the assurances that were given us 10 years ago and members of Congress believed that. But let me tell you, the situation is a lot different. The American people are on my side on this issue today and there’s a lot more people in Congress now who are saying, it makes no sense.

And just listen to the military commanders. They said, you know, we don’t even have the money for this. We have to have a supplemental. Now, how about all these war mongers getting ready to bomb and kill and invade or do whatever they think necessary and they don’t even have the money and then they have to appropriate the money, which means more money drained from our economy.