Rep. Dennis Kucinich Releases Statement Blasting Fellow Dems about Iraq
October 2nd 2007 23:59
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Democratic presidential candidate, released a statement today concerning the war in Iraq. Urging the Democratic leadership to “tell the President NO to any additional funding,” he criticized them for “playing into the Bush Administration’s hands by continuing to fund the war.” He stated that “we must leave Iraq now,” adding “that is what the American people want. That is why they voted for Democrats to take control of Congress last November.”
In 2002 he voted against the House Joint Resolution 114 which authorized the use of force to invade Iraq. After the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, Kucinich continued to oppose the occupation of Iraq. During the 108th congress he voted against two supplemental appropriations bills that continued funding the occupation of Iraq, and he also voted against similar bills during the 109th congress.
Kucinich criticized the Bush administration in January 2003 for the “predetermined goal of a preemptive war against Iraq, even in the face of international objections and regardless of the findings of the U.N. weapons inspectors.” He asked in a statement issued December 2004, “How many more casualties will it take before this Administration develops an exit strategy?”
In December 2005 Kucinich issued a statement which stated that President Bush was responsible for attacking a nation that did not attack us…for the failed reconstruction and for the continued occupation.” A year later he stated, “We are not winning in Iraq, even the President now concedes this. And we will not win by military force.”
During the April 27 debate for the Democratic presidential candidates, Kucinich voiced his dismay with congressional members who “tell the American people that you oppose the war, and…continue to vote to fund the war…every time you vote to fund the war, you’re reauthorizing the war all over again.” He also blasted fellow candidates who voted to invade Iraq: “I don't think that it's sufficient to say that if we had the information at the beginning that we would have voted differently. That information was available to everyone.” He continued by saying, “And if you made the wrong choice, we're auditioning here for president of the United States. People have to see who had the judgment and the wisdom not to go to war in the first place, and I made the choice not to go to war.”
Months later Kucinich made his opinion on the Iraq war clear during another debates. He stated that “those who sent those soldiers were wrong. They should never been sent there in the first place.” He said the reasons for invading Iraq were “based on lies.” He offered ways to end the war, namely cutting off funding: “Just say, no money…stop funding the war.” He criticized the Democratic Party for not ending the war, and said the war “belongs to the Democratic Party because the Democrats were put in charge by the people in the last election with the thought that they were going to end the war.”
In 2002 he voted against the House Joint Resolution 114 which authorized the use of force to invade Iraq. After the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, Kucinich continued to oppose the occupation of Iraq. During the 108th congress he voted against two supplemental appropriations bills that continued funding the occupation of Iraq, and he also voted against similar bills during the 109th congress.
Kucinich criticized the Bush administration in January 2003 for the “predetermined goal of a preemptive war against Iraq, even in the face of international objections and regardless of the findings of the U.N. weapons inspectors.” He asked in a statement issued December 2004, “How many more casualties will it take before this Administration develops an exit strategy?”
In December 2005 Kucinich issued a statement which stated that President Bush was responsible for attacking a nation that did not attack us…for the failed reconstruction and for the continued occupation.” A year later he stated, “We are not winning in Iraq, even the President now concedes this. And we will not win by military force.”
During the April 27 debate for the Democratic presidential candidates, Kucinich voiced his dismay with congressional members who “tell the American people that you oppose the war, and…continue to vote to fund the war…every time you vote to fund the war, you’re reauthorizing the war all over again.” He also blasted fellow candidates who voted to invade Iraq: “I don't think that it's sufficient to say that if we had the information at the beginning that we would have voted differently. That information was available to everyone.” He continued by saying, “And if you made the wrong choice, we're auditioning here for president of the United States. People have to see who had the judgment and the wisdom not to go to war in the first place, and I made the choice not to go to war.”
Months later Kucinich made his opinion on the Iraq war clear during another debates. He stated that “those who sent those soldiers were wrong. They should never been sent there in the first place.” He said the reasons for invading Iraq were “based on lies.” He offered ways to end the war, namely cutting off funding: “Just say, no money…stop funding the war.” He criticized the Democratic Party for not ending the war, and said the war “belongs to the Democratic Party because the Democrats were put in charge by the people in the last election with the thought that they were going to end the war.”
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