He tells the crowd that he never looked to opinion polls to see what was right, and that he has his head held high.

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He makes his way to the front of the stage, grabs the microphone and using strong language tells the crowd that he has been locked in the country by his own government.

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"I don't believe the Iraq war has provided freedom for the people of Iraq, " he tells a modest crowd during a recent lecture in Richmond, Va.

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