[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23808-23809]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               9-11 HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ATTACK ON IRAQ

  (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it really is time

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for us to admit the truth. Mr. Speaker, 9-11, 2001 had nothing to do 
with the unilateral first strike on Iraq. We think that when we mention 
the word ``terrorist'' that it is a buzzword and we all are supposed to 
understand that that is the reason why the attack came to Iraq. That is 
not true. It never has been true. It is not true now.
  Each time we talk about the cost of this war, we mention 9-11. It has 
nothing to do with that. It has more to do with trying to take over a 
country because you disagree with the leader, just like somebody could 
take this one over because they disagree with our leader, and boss it, 
steal their oil, or whatever. But we need to tell the truth about it. 
It is not the truth that it has anything to do with 9-11.
  Mr. Speaker, we are taking our public to be stupid when we continue 
to say that 9-11 is connected with the Iraq attack. If that had to do 
with it, we would have the support of the U.N. We do not, because we 
made unilateral, first strikes without a reason, because we were not 
under immediate danger.

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