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The war in Iraq will ultimately cost the United States five trillion dollars. Four thousand, four hundred, eighty eight Americans were killed. Tens of thousands of Americans were injured. At least one million innocent Iraqis were killed. Iraq has become a home to Al Qaida which it certainly was not before our intervention. Resentment against the United States has made pursuing peace more difficult. And we still have thousands of armed contractors in Iraq -- paid for by U.S. taxpayers.
Iraq did not pose a threat to the United States. Iraq had no Weapons of Mass Destruction. Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11. We were not duped. We were not fooled. It was obvious at the time. The evidence was in publicly available reports for anyone who cared to look. I personally distributed this memo to Members of Congress. In it I address the false justifications for war, point-by-point and establish the truth. I made the case in an hour-long presentation on the House floor. 133 Members of Congress were not duped; they voted against going to war with Iraq. The Bush Administration lied to the Congress and the American people to sell its war. The intelligence community wasn't duped, The American people were duped and we are still paying the price.
America needs a period of truth and reconciliation. How can we avoid future wars if we don't understand how consent was manufactured for a war against Iraq?
Originally posted by Erongaricuaro
Too bad his congressional district was absorbed by a neighboring district to whose representative he lost the primary election this year. He will be out of Congress at the start of the next session. He really was one of the "good guys."
I really would have loved to see a Paul/Kucinich or Kucinich/Paul ticket. Although ideologically different and from different parties they both had a great deal of personal integrity and mutual respect. Both had publicly stated they would be honored to share a ticket together - though I don't believe much serious thought was given to doing so. A third-party whose platform was based on honesty and service to the American people could very well be successful and founded by either or both of these two gentlemen.
Originally posted by Erongaricuaro
Too bad his congressional district was absorbed by a neighboring district to whose representative he lost the primary election this year. He will be out of Congress at the start of the next session. He really was one of the "good guys."
I wasn't aware of this. And that really is a shame. Kucinich is one of the few people I feel comfortable pointing to as an "uncorrupted" politician.