Dennis Kucinich on the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
Whatever else one may say about Rep. Kucinich, his stance on the war remains above reproach.
A Decade After Waging a War Based on Lies, We Must Create a Culture of Peace
By Dennis Kucinich
Truthout | Op-Ed
Tuesday 19 March 2013
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It was ten years ago that the United States (despite a massive peace movement that put millions in the streets protesting the upcoming attack) launched a full-scale attack on the nation of Iraq. Shock and Awe it was called. Hellfire was brought to the cradle of civilization, its people, its culture, its antiquities in our name, for a war based on lies. In awe of our weapons, we shocked ourselves, vicariously, with their effects, never experiencing the horror visited upon the people of Iraq.
When I say we I mean all morally conscious Americans. Over a million Iraqis were killed in our name, for a war based on lies. In awe of our destructive power and its toll on innocent human life, we shocked ourselves and then returned to our normal lives. Trillions of dollars of damage was done to that country, in our name, for a war based on lies. Trillions more were spent by US taxpayers, for a war based on lies. In awe of the monetary cost of war, we shocked ourselves with massive deficits. Thousands of US troops were killed and tens of thousands wounded. In awe of the long-term, human cost of war, we shocked ourselves with broken lives, broken families, suicides, PTSD.
Shock and awe, indeed. We attacked a nation which did not attack us and which had neither the intention nor capability of doing so. We attacked a nation which did not have the yellowcake to be processed into the substance fit for a nuclear warhead. We attacked a nation which did not have weapons of mass destruction. We visited upon the people of Iraq the equivalent of one 9/11 a day for a year and with it the irretrievable rending of families, of places to live, places to work, places to worship, ripping apart Iraqi society in a war which soon became so remote to the US population that it was finished off by unmanned vehicles. The mission that was "accomplished" was wanton destruction, ecocide, alienation, statecraft puppetry - and for what?
The rest: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15193-a-decade-after-waging-a-war-based-on-lies-we-must-create-a-culture-of-peace
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