"Listening to the debate on the Floor on this motion and the underlying [Iran sanctions] bill it feels as if we are back in 2002 all over again: the same falsehoods and distortions used to push the United States into a disastrous and unnecessary one trillion dollar war on Iraq are being trotted out again to lead us to what will likely be an even more disastrous and costly war on Iran. The parallels are astonishing... We need to see all this for what it is: Propaganda to speed us to war against Iran for the benefit of special interests."

-- Rep. Ron Paul

So, who are these "special interests" anyway?