[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25468]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     ADMINISTRATION MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR UNJUST WAR IN IRAQ

  (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, nearly 1,300 brave American men and women 
have sacrificed their lives in Iraq. Yet the central reasons for the 
U.S. invasion have fallen apart: Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, Iraq 
had no weapons of mass destruction, there is no proof that Iraq was 
instrumental with al Qaeda's role in 9/11, and Iraq was not trying to 
get nuclear materials from Najir.
  This administration misled the Congress, misled the American people, 
violated international law, directed the bombings of populated areas 
causing the disruption of water, sewer, and electrical service, ordered 
house-to-house fighting, and now, the civilian toll, by one account, is 
over 100,000 Iraqi civilians perished. Why?
  Freedom, if it is to be obtained anywhere, must be advanced under the 
standard of truth. The Iraqis will not be handed freedom based on lies, 
nor will our own Nation preserve our freedoms if we continue to accept 
the basis for our occupation of Iraq.
  This administration must be held accountable under international law 
for the disaster it visited upon Iraq. Only the truth can clean the 
stain on our Nation's conscience.

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