[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 119 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H6849-H6850]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SIGNS OF WAR PREPARATION

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, all the signs of preparation for war 
against Iran are there for anyone who can see. Covert action, the 
Strategic Air Command, the selection of 1,500 targets, and a plan for a 
naval blockade, a faked or hyped intelligence report on the degree of 
uranium enrichment and the manipulation of the media.
  It is Iraq all over again, but instead of a Nation of 25 million, 
Iran is a Nation of 70 million sitting right next to Iraq, where 
130,000 U.S. troops are in danger simply because of the war planning.
  Today, while our government borrows money from China, Japan and Korea 
to pay for a war in Iraq that could cost up to $3 trillion, the 
administration is preparing to spend more money for a war against Iran. 
This Congress must not permit this administration to open up another 
war without permission, without oversight, without justification, 
without the financial resources, without the human

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resources, without a shred of common sense or realism.
  Bombs are no substitute for diplomacy. You can bomb the world to 
pieces, but you can't bomb the world to peace.

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