Kucinich Calls For US Exit Strategy: US Troops Out, UN Troops In
The following is a press release from July 22, 2003, by Kucinich's office in Congress
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Kucinich Calls For US Exit Strategy: US Troops Out, UN Troops In
Conflict Caught In A Quagmire With No Exit Strategy
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), leader of the opposition to the war against Iraq in the House, took to the House floor, today, to demand an exit strategy for the ongoing conflict in Iraq. Kucinich called for US troops to be replaced with a UN peacekeeping force.
Kucinich stated today on the House floor:
"It is time for the United States to get out of Iraq.
"But this Administration, whose entry strategy was based on falsehood, with no exit strategy, has trapped our troops in Iraq and exposed them to greater harm. The total number of American casualties is now 232. Here is what needs to be done diplomatically: The United Nations must be brought in. Negotiations for an exit must begin now. An exit agreement with the United Nations must involve the US letting go of the contracting process (Halliburton, Brown and Root, etc).
"The UN must also take over management, accounting and distribution to the Iraqi people of Iraq's oil profits. Additionally, a transition from UN control to self-determined governing structure by and for the Iraqi people must be planned. Finally the Administration, which unwisely ordered the bombing, must fund the reconstruction
"It was wrong to go into Iraq. It is wrong to stay in Iraq. US out. UN in. Let's support our troops by bringing them home."
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