[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 14 (Monday, January 27, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
IT IS TIME TO STAND FOR PEACE
(Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, the U.N. process of inspections can work
if the administration will let it; and yet we see, despite the efforts
of the United Nations, the administration is preparing for war,
preparing to send as many as 300,000 of our young men and women into
battle. Stories of up to 800 missiles, poised for an attack on Baghdad,
a city of over 3 million people. Reports of a new military strategy
which plays off of this big missile attack which would attack water
systems and electrical systems to totally destroy any infrastructure in
Iraq, even news reports that the use of nuclear weapons is being
considered.
Americans need to think about it. We have a country here which is
dedicated to liberty and justice. But where is the justice if we are
the first ones to use nuclear weapons? Where is the justice if we are
going to attack a nation that has not attacked us? Where is the
justice? It is time to stand for peace.
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