Administration Can Change Story On Iraq But They Can't Change The Facts
The following is a press release from July 11, 2003, by Kucinich's office in Congress.
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Administration Can Change Story On Iraq But They Can't Change The Facts
The Administration is changing its story on the reasons to go to war against Iraq, but it cannot change the facts, Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) stated today on the House floor.
Kucinich, the leader of the opposition to the war against Iraq in the House, gave the following remarks today on the House floor:
"Why did the United States go to war against Iraq?
"The day after 9/11 (according to Bob Woodward's book, 'Bush at War') Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld raised, 'the possibility that the United States could take advantage of the opportunity offered by the terrorist attacks to go after Saddam immediately.' (p.49) This even though there was no evidence connecting Iraq to 9/11.
"Why did the United States go to war against Iraq?
"On September 18, 2002, Secretary Rumsfeld told Congress, 'He [Hussein] has, at this moment, stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and is pursuing nuclear weapons'. There was no evidence of that either.
"Why did the United States go to war against Iraq?
"Yesterday, Secretary Rumsfeld told Congress it wasn't because, 'the coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit of weapons of mass murder. We acted because we saw the existing evidence in a new light through the prism of our experience on September 11th.'
"Why did the United States go to war against Iraq?
"9/11 was an excuse. Iraq posed no imminent threat. Iraq does not have weapons of mass destruction.
"The Administration keeps changing its story. But, they can't change the facts. They led this nation into war against a nation that had not attacked us; that did not have the capability or intention of attacking us. This Congress must hold public hearings because the truth and our democracy is at stake."
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