Kucinich Statement at Capitol Peace Rally
The following is a press release from March 19, 2003, by Kucinich's office in Congress.
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National Peace Lobby Project Rally At The Capitol Statement by Dennis J. Kucinich March 19, 2003
I am here today to speak out against the unprovoked attack that the Bush Administration is intent on unleashing in Iraq.
This war is not a noble fight. This war is not about defending the United States from a foreign threat in Iraq. This war is not about the U.S. trying to save or liberate the Iraqi people. This is not about an Iraqi nuclear threat.
The President at the State of the Union address, and Secretary Powell in front of the United Nations, said that they had evidence that Iraq was trying to procure uranium from Niger. Their main argument for going to war was that Iraq posed a threat because of their capabilities to acquire nuclear weapons.
But this evidence is completely false. The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency Director Mohammed ElBaradei said that the documentary evidence was not authentic. The Washington Post reported the evidence to be sloppily forged letters. Even the CIA, which examined the evidence back in 1991, never found the evidence to be reliable.
And yet, this Administration, all the while knowing, has completely misled the international community and the American people. By repeating falsifications and misrepresenting reality, this Administration has led America to launch an unprovoked attack against another country.
This unprovoked attack is un-American.
We must all continue to speak out against this war. Even after the bombs start falling, this war will still be an illegal war.
I support the troops. I do not support this mission.
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