[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10978]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DEBATE ON THE WAR IN IRAQ

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, there will be a great debate this week 
about the war in Iraq. Will we debate whether Iraq had anything to do 
with 9/11? No, because everyone knows Iraq did not. Will we debate 
whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction? No, because everyone 
knows Iraq did not. Will we debate the administration's exit strategy? 
No, because they don't have one.
  It will be an interesting debate, because the very reasons which 
brought Members to vote for the war no longer have a basis in fact. 
They keep changing day by day, the reasons, why we are in Iraq. And as 
each new reason is brought to light, it keeps evaporating like the sun 
evaporates the morning dew.
  After a while, the war becomes self-justifying, a patriotic exercise. 
So we will engage in a great debate about a war that is not so great, 
about a war based on a lie while our troops and innocent civilians die 
as we debate greatly.

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