Kucinich interview on Truthdig

[DemPower]

TRUTHDIG: With Hoyer being named majority leader, what does that mean for the party and for the war in Iraq?

KUCINICH: The Democrats made their choice, and we’re united behind Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and our entire leadership team, and we’re going to do everything we can to fulfill the hopes of the American people for a new direction in Iraq, and I am going to do my part to keep the debate going....

Today, it was announced that 2,000 more Marines are being sent to Anbar province—a place which was already declared “lost” for the purposes of military occupation. Why are we sacrificing our young men and women? Why are we keeping them in an impossible situation? Why are we stoking a civil war with our continued presence? We have to take a new direction in Iraq, and that direction is out....

It’s the phoniest argument to say that a cut-off of funds will leave troops stranded in the field. There’s always money in the pipeline to pay for an orderly withdrawal. But those who favor continuing the war or escalating the war are using the troops as a tool to further policies that are against the interests of the troops, against the interests of American people, and against the interests of peace in the world.

http://www.truthdig.com/interview/item/20061116_kucinich_cut_off_funding/

[IndyOp]

1. Good article! While you are there watch the DemocracyNow! interview

(link at Truthdig) with McGovern and Kucinich. Good stuff!

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