Stop This War Now
by Dennis Kucinich
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Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), who leads opposition to the War in Iraq within the House, issued the following statement on the House floor:
- 04.01.03
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"Stop the war now. As Baghdad will be encircled, this is the time to
get the UN back in to inspect Baghdad and the rest of Iraq for biological
and chemical weapons. Our troops should not have to be the ones who
will find out, in combat, whether Iraq has such weapons. Why put our
troops at greater risk? We could get the United Nations inspectors back in."
"Stop the war now. Before we send our troops into house-to-house combat
in Baghdad, a city of five million people. Before we ask our troops to
take up the burden of shooting innocent civilians in the fog of war."
"Stop the war now. This war has been advanced on lie upon lie. Iraq was
not responsible for 9/11. Iraq was not responsible for any role al-Qaeda
may have had in 9/11. Iraq was not responsible for the anthrax attacks
on this country. Iraq did not tried to acquire nuclear weapons technology
from Niger. This war is built on falsehood."
"Stop the war now. We are not defending America in Iraq. Iraq did not attack
this nation. Iraq has no ability to attack this nation. Each innocent civilian
casualty represents a threat to America for years to come and will end up making
our nation less safe. The seventy-five billion dollar supplemental needs to be
challenged because each dime we spend on this war makes America less safe. Only
international cooperation will help us meet the challenge of terrorism. After
9/11 all Americans remember we had the support and the sympathy of the world.
Every nation was ready to be of assistance to the United States in meeting the
challenge of terrorism. And yet, with this war, we have squandered the sympathy
of the world. We have brought upon this nation the anger of the world. We need
the cooperation of the world, to find the terrorists before they come to our
shores."
"Stop this war now. Seventy-five billion dollars more for war. Three-quarters
of a trillion dollars for tax cuts, but no money for veterans ' benefits. Money
for war. No money for health care in America, but money for war. No money for
social security, but money for war. We have money to blow up bridges over the
Tigris and the Euphrates, but no money to build bridges in our own cities. We
have money to ruin the health of the Iraqi children, but no money to repair
the health of our own children and our educational programs."
"Stop this war now. It is wrong. It is illegal. It is unjust and it will come
to no good for this country."
"Stop this war now. Show our wisdom and our humanity, to be able to stop it,
to bring back the United Nations into the process. Rescue this moment. Rescue
this nation from a war that is wrong, that is unjust, that is immoral."
"Stop this war now".
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– Congressman Dennis Kucinich [D, Ohio]
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