Under the 2008 U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement, the U.S. military occupation of Iraq ends today. As the war in Iraq finally draws to a close, here is a quick quiz. Who said the following, and when, and where?
"There is no world support for invading Iraq."
"There is no proof that Iraq represents an immediate or imminent threat to the United States... The Administration has refused to provide the Congress with credible intelligence that proves that Iraq is a serious threat to the United States, and is continuing to develop chemical and biological and nuclear weapons."
"The Iraq regime has never attacked nor does it have the capability to attack the United States."
"There is no credible intelligence that connects Iraq to the events of 9/11 or to participation in those events by assisting al Qaeda... There is no connection between Iraq and the events of 9/11... There is no credible evidence that Iraq harbored those who were responsible for planning, authorizing or committing the attacks of 9/11."
"There is no credible evidence that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction."
"Congress has not been provided with any credible information, which proves that Iraq has provided international terrorists with weapons of mass destruction."
"Unilateral action against Iraq will cost the United States the support of the world community."
So, who said this? Me? No -- I wish it were me. It was Congressman Dennis Kucinich.
And when? On October 2, 2002, six months before the War in Iraq began.
And where? On the Floor of the House, and in a letter to his colleagues in Congress.
Was it clarity? No, it was more than clarity. It was almost clairvoyance.
At a time when almost every public figure in America was hoodwinked and bamboozled by Bush Administration propaganda, Dennis Kucinich was not. Dennis Kucinich saw the truth, and he said the truth. And Congressman Kucinich followed through, doggedly opposing the war in Iraq from alpha to omega.
Take my word for it: Congress is full of replaceable parts. But Dennis Kucinich is not one of them. Congressman Kucinich is unique.
We need Dennis Kucinich in Congress.
Courage,
Alan Grayson
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What say ye now?????
We can only learn from our mistakes if we confront them. WE [the US.] are conditioned and responsible for sweeping our mistakes under the rug. How can we improve if we don't confront ourselves, and publicly examine our actions and results.
Good luck Dennis keep speaking your truths, we citizens should be able to handle truth, if we don't our future will degenerate into false failing direction and we will disintegrate.
The munitions and weaponry from the Gulf war that remained by 2003 was uncared for and way past its shelf life.
Why the Democrats and the UN and Europe chose to buy into Bush's lies I cannot fathom.
But the entire excuse for a decade long war that destroyed and slaughtered huge swaths of Iraq, was a crock of Bush shit.
If you bought it, you wear it in down through the pages of history.
Let's put it in perspective. In 2002, Saxby Chambliss was able to beat incumbent Max Cleland for being too soft on defense and not patriotic enough. Cleland had lost both legs and one arm in Vietnam, and had won Silver and Bronze stars, while Saxby had dodged the draft like your standard issue Republican. That's how insane public sentiment was at the time. That's how necessary it was for Democrats to play ball just to keep their seats.
Clone those two elect the whole lot and the US would be saved from itself.
Has Poppy Bush's Iraq war fallen completely and conveniently down the memory hole ?
As far as I'm concerned, the Iraq war started the day I saw fighter planes overhead --
leaving Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, destination Iraq. That was August of 1990.
(Iraq's 'invasion' of Kuwait was greenlighted by our own ambassador to Iraq, April G.,
who told Saddam that the US has 'no interest in border squabbles with neighboring countries'.
And I think there was something about Kuwait drilling sideways under the border for oil ?)
During the subsequent 'war' the United States bombed Iraq's water treatment facilities,
among other heinous acts. (Don't even get me started on the use of Depleted Uranium
weapons). Then we enforced draconian sanctions, supposedly against the regime,
but the results were endured by the citizens. This went on all through the 1990's.
It is more accurate to say that Sonny Bush's war was the Iraq War, Continued.
And why anyone fell for it, I have no idea.