Kucinich On The Sad Milestone Of 2,000 US Troops Killed In Iraq

[IndianaGreen]

Kucinich On The Sad Milestone Of 2,000 US Troops Killed In Iraq

Washington, Oct 25 - Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following statement today after news reports indicated that over 2,000 American service men and women have been killed in Iraq:

“Today marks yet another sad and tragic milestone in the war in Iraq. Two thousand American soldiers have been killed in the war in Iraq. We must end this war. If we do not, this will not be the last sad milestone for our nation.

“How many more of America’s finest have to die for this war before the politicians in Washington realize that the quagmire in Iraq cannot be solved by military force and that the our occupation is counterproductive.

“Iraq has been a colossal failure of American foreign policy. From the beginning this Administration has waged a campaign of misinformation and has continued to deliberately mislead the public about the realities on the ground. The truth is that Iraq can never be free, and the insurgency will not end, until we end our occupation and allow the decisions about the future of Iraq to be made in Baghdad, not Washington.

“As Americans we mourn the loss of every American life, and particularly those who give the ultimate sacrifice in service to this nation. We mourn the first causality as much as the two thousandth causality. Now more than ever we need to support the troops. Support the troops by bringing them home.”

http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=35940

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. PARTY! PARTY! HE'S PARTYING! HE HATES AMERICA!!!!111!1!ONE!11!

[Mass]

2. Excellent statement.

[IndianaGreen]

5. Compare Dennis to Kerry's "stay-the-course" statement

Has Hillary put anything out or is she polling?

She has nothing on her website as of this time:

http://clinton.senate.gov/

[Mass]

6. Please, I prefer Kucinich statement,

but Kerry does not say stay the course. He is wrong, IMO, to think that we can leave a stable Iraq, but he has been clearly asking for a change of policy.

Last week, he said Rice that what was remaining did not require a military solution, but a diplomatic solution.

[goodhue]

3. Well put, Dennis!

[blm]

4. The lies will be what damns them forever in the history books.

Let it be.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Ping, because Dennis was right and Kerry was wrong about the war

and Hillary is just as wrong as Kerry.

:kick:

[tatertop]

8. the plain and simple truth

[bluedawg12]

9. Kucinich had the balls to say this war was lie based

from the begining.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2177082&mesg_id=2177082


House gives Bush authority for war with Iraq
Bush: U.S. must confront Iraq 'fully and finally'
Thursday, October 10, 2002 Posted: 7:52 PM EDT (2352 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush praised the House of Representatives for voting to give him authority to go to war to disarm Iraq Thursday, calling it "a debate and a result that all Americans can be proud of."

The House voted 296-133 to give Bush the authority to use U.S. military force to make Iraq...

Most opposition came from Democrats, who were sharply divided on the issue. Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Missouri, said giving Bush the authority to attack Iraq could avert war by demonstrating the United States is willing to confront Saddam Hussein over his obligations to the United Nations.


But Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, said Congress and the administration were being driven by fear. "It is fear which leads us to war," Kucinich said. "It is fear which leads us to believe that we must kill or be killed. Fear which leads us to attack those who have not attacked us. Fear which leads us to ring our nation in the very heavens with weapons of mass destruction."

Six House Republicans -- Ron Paul of Texas; Connie Morella of Maryland; Jim Leach of Iowa; Amo Houghton of New York; John Hostettler of Indiana; and John Duncan of Tennessee -- joined 126 Democrats in voting against the resolution. A total of 215 Republicans and 81 Democrats voted for it. “
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/10/iraq.us/

[IndianaGreen]

11. Kucinich and others got it

How come we still have so many Democrats on the Hill on denial about Iraq and their own culpability?

It is never too late to repent of wrongdoing, but repent they must!

[MuseRider]

10. Well said

as always.

Kick

[goodhue]

12. kick

[goodhue]

13. again

[IndianaGreen]

14. Short, to the point, and much better than Kerry's all too modest...

proposal of adopting a version of Vietnamization for Iraq.

Compare Dennis to Kerry's statement, consider the fact that Dennis opposed the war while Kerry enabled it, and ask yourself who would best represent us in the White House.

And a proud kick for Dennis to boot!