[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1751-1752]
[From the U.S. 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

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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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