[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23785]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         THE SAD MILESTONE OF 2,000 U.S. TROOPS KILLED 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. Madam Speaker, we mark another sad and tragic milestone 
in the war in Iraq. Two thousand American soldiers have been killed in 
the war in Iraq.
  We must end this war. How many more of America's finest have to die 
for this war before we realize that the quagmire in Iraq cannot be 
solved by military force, and that our occupation is counterproductive?
  Iraq has been a colossal failure of American policy. From the 
beginning this administration has waged a campaign of misinformation 
and has continued to deliberately mislead the public and this Congress 
about the realities on the ground. The truth is that Iraq will never be 
free and the insurgency will not end until we end our occupation and 
allow the decisions about the future of Iraq to be made in Baghdad, not 
Washington.
  As Americans we lament the loss of every American life and every 
American injury and every Iraqi civilian casualty. We mourn the first 
casualties as much as the 2,000th casualty.
  Now more than ever, we need to support the troops. Support the troops 
by bringing them home.

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