Justifying War in Iraq
Kucinich gave the following speech in Congress on November 4, 2005:
"One of the attempted false justifications for the war in Iraq was that Iraq was trying to get uranium from Niger to make nuclear weapons. This lie and the attempts to justify it are key to understanding not only the Libby indictments but to understanding why we are in Iraq.
"Who forged the Niger documents? What role did Italian intelligence have in the forgeries? What role did the White House Iraq group have in falsely promoting the phony nuclear threat? Who forged the Niger documents? Who took us to war on false pretenses, sending thousands of our beloved soldiers to their deaths?
"Sign House Resolution 505. Support that, because that requests the President and directs the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to the White House Iraq group."
[Ed. note: H. Res. 505 had 103 cosponsors as of November 8. However, on November 9 the House International Relations Committee, made up of 27 Republicans and 23 Democrats, narrowly defeated H. Res. 505 in a 25-23 vote.]
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