[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15041]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       THIS IS THE TIME 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. Madam Speaker, the Book of Ecclesiastes says there is a 
time for war and a time for peace. This is the time for peace.
  Now is the time to stop the disintegration into a worldwide conflict. 
Now is the time to show the world that the United States is strong 
enough to be a leader in peace, not war. Now is the time to call for an 
immediate cessation of violence in the Middle East. Now is the time to 
commit the United States diplomats to multiparty negotiations with no 
preconditions. Now is the time to reaffirm our support for Israel by 
showing leadership and diplomacy.
  Unilateralism breeds unilateralism. And then the awful dialectic of 
conflict moves as a force beyond our control and takes its deadly toll. 
One hundred civilians a day are being killed in Iraq. Things are 
spinning out of control. The war on terror has become a war of errors. 
We must bring a halt to this march of folly.
  Communication is the controlling factor. Diplomacy is the controlling 
factor.
  There is a time for war and a time for peace. This is the time for 
peace.

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